(sī·lē′nəs) noun plural ·ni (-nī)
In Greek mythology, any woodland deity resembling a satyr.

(sī·lē′nəs)
In Greek mythology, the foster father and teacher of Bacchus and leader of the satyrs: traditionally represented as a fat, drunken old man with pointed ears and goat's legs, riding on an ass. [<L <Gk. Seilēnos Silenus]