Silenicadj.

Brit.

/sʌɪˈliːnɪk/, U.S.

/saɪˈlinɪk/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek Σιληνικός.

Etymology: < ancient Greek Σιληνικός of or like Silenus < Σιληνός Silenus n. + -ικός -ic suffix.Compare French silénique (1802 or earlier). Compare also classical Latin Sīlēnicus of or belonging to Silenus (used by Pliny as the name of a kind of ivy).

Resembling Silenus, the tutor and companion of the god Dionysus, or one of the Sileni in having an outwardly or superficially unattractive or unrefined appearance, esp. one that belies an inner value.The trope of likening something which does not have an immediately apparent value to Silenus seems to have its origins in Plato's Symposium 215b, in which Alcibiades likens Socrates, who is physically unattractive but a captivating speaker, to a Silenus figure (see Silenus n. 1a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [adjective] > relating to or like satyr(s)

satyrical1590

satyric1607

satyresque1757

Silenica1822

satyrish1876

a1822 P. B. Shelley tr. Plato Banquet in M. O’Neill Bodleian Shelley MSS (1994) XX. 424 Appearances in themselves excessively Silenic [Gk. σιληνῶδες].

1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VIII. ii. lxviii. 605 Its effect was enhanced..by the very eccentricity of his Silenic physiognomy.

2001 A. Calder Fables La Fontaine iv. 54 The parables, the fables of the New Testament, too, are Silenic: ‘The parables of the Gospel, if you take them at face value—who would not think that they came from a simple ignorant man? And yet if you crack the nut, you find inside that profound wisdom.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	silenic
释义	Silenicadj. Brit. /sʌɪˈliːnɪk/, U.S. /saɪˈlinɪk/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek Σιληνικός. Etymology: < ancient Greek Σιληνικός of or like Silenus < Σιληνός Silenus n. + -ικός -ic suffix.Compare French silénique (1802 or earlier). Compare also classical Latin Sīlēnicus of or belonging to Silenus (used by Pliny as the name of a kind of ivy). Resembling Silenus, the tutor and companion of the god Dionysus, or one of the Sileni in having an outwardly or superficially unattractive or unrefined appearance, esp. one that belies an inner value.The trope of likening something which does not have an immediately apparent value to Silenus seems to have its origins in Plato's Symposium 215b, in which Alcibiades likens Socrates, who is physically unattractive but a captivating speaker, to a Silenus figure (see Silenus n. 1a). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [adjective] > relating to or like satyr(s) satyrical1590 satyric1607 satyresque1757 Silenica1822 satyrish1876 a1822 P. B. Shelley tr. Plato Banquet in M. O’Neill Bodleian Shelley MSS (1994) XX. 424 Appearances in themselves excessively Silenic [Gk. σιληνῶδες]. 1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VIII. ii. lxviii. 605 Its effect was enhanced..by the very eccentricity of his Silenic physiognomy. 2001 A. Calder Fables La Fontaine iv. 54 The parables, the fables of the New Testament, too, are Silenic: ‘The parables of the Gospel, if you take them at face value—who would not think that they came from a simple ignorant man? And yet if you crack the nut, you find inside that profound wisdom.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1822
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