tityrusn.

Brit.

/ˈtɪtᵻrəs/, U.S.

/ˈtɪdərəs/

Inflections: Plural Tityri.

Forms: 1600s 1800s tytirus, 1700s– tityrus.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin tityrus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin tityrus bellwether (5th cent.), (putative) offspring of a sheep and a goat (from 12th cent. in British sources, including Upton: see note; already in classical Latin (as Tītyrus) as the name of a shepherd) < Hellenistic Greek τίτυρος satyr, (as Τίτυρος) name of a shepherd, also he-goat (in scholia (Byzantine Greek or earlier) on Theocritus 3. 2), said to be Doric or Laconian by ancient scholars; of unknown origin, perhaps a loanword from a language spoken in Asia Minor.Nicholas Upton (?1400–57), who used the word in a Latin context (compare quot. 1610 at sense 2), was an English cleric and precentor of Salisbury, and wrote on heraldry and the art of war.

Mythology.

1. Classical Mythology. Any of a class of semi-divine woodland creatures, in form partly human and partly bestial, supposed to be the companions of Dionysus or Bacchus; (frequently indistinguishable from) a satyr.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > satyr

devila1382

satyra1387

silenc1487

Silenus1572

satyrisk1583

tityrus1607

satyress1831

satyra1850

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 13 They which passed through the world and exercised dauncing and other sports for Dionisius, were called Satyres, and sometimes Tytiri, because of their wanton songes.

1710 W. King Heathen Gods & Heroes (1722) xxvii. 134 Several cruel Dæmons, Satyrs, Sileni and Tityri, us'd to accompany him [sc. Bacchus] with Cymbals and huge Exclamations.

1870 R. C. Jebb in tr. Theophrastus Θεοφραστου Χαρακτηρες 201 The Tityri, mythical companions of Dionysus, are sometimes identified with, sometimes distinguished from the Satyrs.

1975 F. R. Adrados Festival, Comedy & Trag. vii. 273 Satyrs, Sileni, Panes, Tityri, various Nymphs, are comparable to the multiple divinities of non-Greek religions.

2. A mythical creature supposed to be the offspring of a sheep and a goat, and typically depicted with the body and legs of a goat, the head of a ram, and the horns of both.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [noun] > types of

hart-wolf1555

equicerve1572

hippopotamus1572

lyciske1572

semitaur1592

lycopanther1607

tityrus1610

jumart1690

lizard-bird1862

plumed serpent1862

baku1881

ophiosaurian1882

Dong1927

merlionc1973

1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xxv. 179 Like as the Tytirus is ingendred betweene a Sheep and a Bucke-goat, as Vpton noteth.

1993 J. M. Ziolkowski Talking Animals i. 36 A tityrus is born of sheep and a he-goat.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tityrus
释义	tityrusn. Brit. /ˈtɪtᵻrəs/, U.S. /ˈtɪdərəs/ Inflections: Plural Tityri. Forms: 1600s 1800s tytirus, 1700s– tityrus. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin tityrus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin tityrus bellwether (5th cent.), (putative) offspring of a sheep and a goat (from 12th cent. in British sources, including Upton: see note; already in classical Latin (as Tītyrus) as the name of a shepherd) < Hellenistic Greek τίτυρος satyr, (as Τίτυρος) name of a shepherd, also he-goat (in scholia (Byzantine Greek or earlier) on Theocritus 3. 2), said to be Doric or Laconian by ancient scholars; of unknown origin, perhaps a loanword from a language spoken in Asia Minor.Nicholas Upton (?1400–57), who used the word in a Latin context (compare quot. 1610 at sense 2), was an English cleric and precentor of Salisbury, and wrote on heraldry and the art of war. Mythology. 1. Classical Mythology. Any of a class of semi-divine woodland creatures, in form partly human and partly bestial, supposed to be the companions of Dionysus or Bacchus; (frequently indistinguishable from) a satyr. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > satyr devila1382 satyra1387 silenc1487 Silenus1572 satyrisk1583 tityrus1607 satyress1831 satyra1850 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 13 They which passed through the world and exercised dauncing and other sports for Dionisius, were called Satyres, and sometimes Tytiri, because of their wanton songes. 1710 W. King Heathen Gods & Heroes (1722) xxvii. 134 Several cruel Dæmons, Satyrs, Sileni and Tityri, us'd to accompany him [sc. Bacchus] with Cymbals and huge Exclamations. 1870 R. C. Jebb in tr. Theophrastus Θεοφραστου Χαρακτηρες 201 The Tityri, mythical companions of Dionysus, are sometimes identified with, sometimes distinguished from the Satyrs. 1975 F. R. Adrados Festival, Comedy & Trag. vii. 273 Satyrs, Sileni, Panes, Tityri, various Nymphs, are comparable to the multiple divinities of non-Greek religions. 2. A mythical creature supposed to be the offspring of a sheep and a goat, and typically depicted with the body and legs of a goat, the head of a ram, and the horns of both. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [noun] > types of hart-wolf1555 equicerve1572 hippopotamus1572 lyciske1572 semitaur1592 lycopanther1607 tityrus1610 jumart1690 lizard-bird1862 plumed serpent1862 baku1881 ophiosaurian1882 Dong1927 merlionc1973 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xxv. 179 Like as the Tytirus is ingendred betweene a Sheep and a Bucke-goat, as Vpton noteth. 1993 J. M. Ziolkowski Talking Animals i. 36 A tityrus is born of sheep and a he-goat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1607
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