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What does Faunus mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Faunus? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. (Roman) Horned god of the forest, plains and fields; Greek counterpart: Pan.
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The tree was sacred to Faunus, but the men of Troy had cut it, and the stump only was left.
In the case of Mars, as well as of Picus and Faunus, the same succession is followed.
The most important of those that remained was the prophetic ilex grove upon the Aventine hill, sacred to Faunus and Picus.
He, men say, was sprung of Faunus and the nymph Marica of Laurentum.
The demi-god Faunus, who had an oracle at the Solfatara, had also an oracle on this hill.
In shadier Bower More sacred and sequesterd, though but feignd, PAN or SILVANUS never slept, nor Nymph, Nor FAUNUS haunted.

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