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• faun -- (Ancient1.) Ancient, antediluvian -- (a very old person)
  
  2.) Ancient -- (a person who lived in ancient times)
  
  ancient Italian Deity1.) Deity, divinity, god, immortal -- (any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force)
  
  deity in Human1.) Homo, man, human being, human -- (any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage)
  
  1.) Human -- (characteristic of humanity; "human nature")
  
  human shape, with Horns1.) Horn -- (a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it)
  
  2.) Horn -- (one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates)
  
  horns, pointed Ears1.) Ear -- (the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium)
  
  2.) Ear -- (good hearing; "he had a keen ear"; "a good ear for pitch")
  
  ears and a goat's Tail1.) Tail -- (the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body)
  
  2.) Fag end, tail, tail end -- (the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm")
  
  tail; equivalent to Greek1.) Greek, Hellenic, Hellenic language -- (the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages)
  
  2.) Greek, Hellene -- (a native or inhabitant of Greece)
  
  Greek satyr)

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Meaning 1 of Faunfaun Roman deity

• Faun1.) Faun -- (ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to Greek satyr)
  
  Faun - Ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to Greek satyr

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• Venus1.) Venus -- (the second nearest planet to the sun; visible from Earth as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'; "before it was known that they were the same object the evening star was called Venus and the morning star was called Lucifer")
  
  2.) Venus, Urania -- (goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite)
  
  Venus, Urania1.) Urania -- ((Greek mythology) the Muse of astronomy)
  
  2.) Venus, Urania -- (goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite)
  
  Urania - The second nearest planet to the sun; visible from Earth as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'; "before it was known that they were the same object the evening star was called Venus and the morning star was called Lucifer"

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• Mors1.) Mors -- ((Roman mythology) Roman god of death; counterpart of Thanatos)
  
  Mors - (Roman mythology) Roman god of death; counterpart of Thanatos

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• Mars1.) Mars, Red Planet -- (a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color; "Mars has two satellites")
  
  2.) Mars -- ((Roman mythology) Roman god of war and agriculture; father of Romulus and Remus; counterpart of Greek Ares)
  
  Mars - A small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color; "Mars has two satellites"

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• Diana1.) Diana, Princess Diana, Princess of Wales, Lady Diana Frances Spencer -- (English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles; her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997))
  
  2.) Diana -- ((Roman mythology) virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon; counterpart of Greek Artemis)
  
  Diana - English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles; her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997)

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• Minerva1.) Minerva -- ((Roman mythology) goddess of wisdom; counterpart of Greek Athena)
  
  Minerva - (Roman mythology) goddess of wisdom; counterpart of Greek Athena

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• Saturn1.) Saturn -- (a giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun)
  
  2.) Saturn -- ((Roman mythology) god of agriculture and vegetation; counterpart of Greek Cronus; "Saturday is Saturn's Day")
  
  Saturn - A giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun

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• Ceres1.) Ceres -- ((Roman mythology) goddess of agriculture; counterpart of Greek Demeter)
  
  2.) Ceres -- (the largest asteroid and the first discovered)
  
  Ceres - (Roman mythology) goddess of agriculture; counterpart of Greek Demeter

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• Nox1.) Nox, Night -- (Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx)
  
  Nox, Night1.) Night, nighttime, dark -- (the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside)
  
  2.) Night -- (the time between sunset and midnight; "he watched television every night")
  
  Night - Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx

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• Cupid1.) Cupid, Amor -- ((Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros)
  
  2.) Cupid -- (a symbol for love in the form of a cherubic naked boy with wings and a bow and arrow)
  
  Cupid, Amor1.) Cupid, Amor -- ((Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros)
  
  Amor - (Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros

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• Sol1.) Sol, colloidal solution, colloidal suspension -- (a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid)
  
  2.) Sol -- ((Roman mythology) ancient Roman god; personification of the sun; counterpart of Greek Helios)
  
  Sol - A colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid

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• Vulcan1.) Vulcan -- ((Roman mythology) god of fire and metal working; counterpart of Greek Hephaestus)
  
  Vulcan - (Roman mythology) god of fire and metal working; counterpart of Greek Hephaestus

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• Mercury1.) Mercury, quicksilver, hydrargyrum, Hg, atomic number 80 -- (a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures)
  
  2.) Mercury -- ((Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes)
  
  Mercury - A heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures

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• Janus1.) Janus -- ((Roman mythology) the Roman god of doorways and passages; is depicted with two faces on opposite sides of his head)
  
  Janus - (Roman mythology) the Roman god of doorways and passages; is depicted with two faces on opposite sides of his head

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• Juno1.) Juno -- ((Roman mythology) queen of the Olympian gods who protected marriage; wife and sister of Jupiter; counterpart of Greek Hera)
  
  Juno - (Roman mythology) queen of the Olympian gods who protected marriage; wife and sister of Jupiter; counterpart of Greek Hera

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• Vesta1.) Vesta -- ((Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek Hestia)
  
  2.) Vesta -- (the brightest asteroid but the fourth to be discovered)
  
  Vesta - (Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek Hestia

• Parcae1.) Parcae -- (the 3 goddesses of fate or destiny; identified with the Greek Moirai and similar to the Norse Norns)
  
  Parcae - The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny; identified with the Greek Moirai and similar to the Norse Norns

• Nona1.) Nona -- (the Fate who spins the thread of life; counterpart of Greek Clotho)
  
  Nona - The Fate who spins the thread of life; counterpart of Greek Clotho

• Decuma1.) Decuma -- (the Fate who determines the length of the thread of life; counterpart of Greek Lachesis)
  
  Decuma - The Fate who determines the length of the thread of life; counterpart of Greek Lachesis

• Morta1.) Morta -- (the Fate who cuts the thread of life; counterpart of Greek Atropos)
  
  Morta - The Fate who cuts the thread of life; counterpart of Greek Atropos

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• Victoria1.) Victoria, Queen Victoria -- (queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901))
  
  2.) Victoria -- ((Roman mythology) goddess of victory; counterpart of Greek Nike)
  
  Victoria - Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901)

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• Faunus1.) Faunus -- ((Roman mythology) ancient rural deity; later considered a counterpart of Greek Pan)
  
  Faunus - (Roman mythology) ancient rural deity; later considered a counterpart of Greek Pan

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• Neptune1.) Neptune -- ((Roman mythology) god of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon)
  
  2.) Neptune -- (a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote of the gas giants; "the existence of Neptune was predicted from perturbations in the orbit of Uranus and it was then identified in 1846")
  
  Neptune - (Roman mythology) god of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon

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• Proserpina1.) Proserpina, Proserpine -- (goddess of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Persephone)
  
  Proserpina, Proserpine1.) Proserpina, Proserpine -- (goddess of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Persephone)
  
  Proserpine - Goddess of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Persephone

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• Dis1.) Dis, Orcus -- (god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto)
  
  Dis, Orcus1.) Dis, Orcus -- (god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto)
  
  Orcus - God of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto

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• Luna1.) Luna -- ((Roman mythology) the goddess of the moon; counterpart of Greek Selene)
  
  Luna - (Roman mythology) the goddess of the moon; counterpart of Greek Selene

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• Aurora1.) Dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow -- (the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning")
  
  2.) Aurora -- (an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force)
  
  Aurora - The first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"

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• Tellus1.) Tellus -- ((Roman mythology) goddess of the earth; protector of marriage and fertility; identified with Greek Gaea)
  
  Tellus - (Roman mythology) goddess of the earth; protector of marriage and fertility; identified with Greek Gaea

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• Fortuna1.) Fortuna -- ((Roman mythology) the goddess of fortune and good luck; counterpart of Greek Tyche)
  
  Fortuna - (Roman mythology) the goddess of fortune and good luck; counterpart of Greek Tyche

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• Jupiter1.) Jupiter -- (the largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many satellites and is one of the brightest objects in the night sky)
  
  2.) Jupiter, Jove -- ((Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus)
  
  Jupiter, Jove1.) Jupiter, Jove -- ((Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus)
  
  Jove - The largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many satellites and is one of the brightest objects in the night sky

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• Ops1.) Ops -- ((Roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of Saturn; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor)
  
  Ops - (Roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of Saturn; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor

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• Sylvanus1.) Sylvanus, Silvanus -- ((Roman mythology) god of woods and fields and flocks; Pan is the Greek counterpart)
  
  Sylvanus, Silvanus1.) Sylvanus, Silvanus -- ((Roman mythology) god of woods and fields and flocks; Pan is the Greek counterpart)
  
  Silvanus - (Roman mythology) god of woods and fields and flocks; Pan is the Greek counterpart