A cikin tatsuniyar Helenanci, Silenus allah ne mai tsattsauran ra'ayi, sau da yawa ana kwatanta shi a matsayin dattijo mai maye yana hawa jaki, kuma shi ne malami kuma abokin allahn Dionysus. Koyaya, idan kuna neman ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "Silenus" gabaɗaya, tana iya komawa zuwa: (lafazi) Mabiyi ko abokin Dionysus wanda galibi ana kwatanta shi a matsayin mashayi. old man. (noun) A genus of moths in the family Arctiidae. ) Hali a cikin wallafe-wallafe ko fasaha da ke kama da ko kuma aka yi wahayi zuwa ga sifar tatsuniyoyi na Silenus.