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Pan

214 7.7

A Greek god of fields and woods who has goat legs and horns

proper noun
/pæn/

Literature

: Pan

"Both of thee wert going," said Pan from his post in the corner.

The guy was yelling, are you a God, Pan?

Examples

With the return of Pan's stink, there came renewed mischief in his eyes.

Fiction book (1990)
Such inclinations are natural to youth, and Pan Brozek, after all, was only thirty-seven and a romantic young man.

Fiction book (1993)
Artists painted him as a man with cloven hooves and curling horns, inspired by Pan, the Greek God of the wild.
In her painting, she beautifully captured the essence of Pan, the Greek god associated with nature and shepherds.
Many stories in Greek mythology feature Pan playing his flute in the fields, enchanting both humans and animals.
The festival celebrated Pan, honoring the god of nature with songs and dances in the meadows.

Synonyms

faun

vsPan

Literature

3 9.9

A creature from Roman myth that looks like a man with goat legs and horns

is the single major shepherd deity rather than a generic forest spirit

goat god

vsPan

Literature

9.9

A countryside spirit who looks after fields and sheep with goat legs and horns

is the named Greek figure rather than just the general goat-bodied image

Faunus

vsPan

Literature

9.9

An ancient Roman god of nature, forests, and fertility

is the original Greek divine personality rather than the Roman namesake

Sylvanus

vsPan

Literature

9.9

A Roman god who protects woods, fields, and farm animals

is the Greek counterpart rather than the Roman cultural form

forest god

vsPan

Literature

9.9

A spirit who lives in forests and protects the trees

is a specific Greek pastoral god rather than a general woodland deity

Idioms

flash in the pan

Informal

4 7.2

A person or thing that has a short time of success and then people forget them

down the pan

1 9.9

Completely ruined or wasted and no longer useful

Compounds

frying pan

23 1.0

A shallow pan with a long handle for cooking food in hot oil

Tin Pan Alley

3 7.7

An area in New York where many popular songwriters and music publishers worked in the early 1900s

moo goo gai pan

2 8.4

A Chinese dish with chicken and mushrooms in a light sauce

Peter Pan

Informal

2 6.2

A man who acts like a boy and avoids adult duties

springform pan

2 3.7

A round baking pan with sides that open and a latch to release cakes easily

drip pan

1 3.0

A shallow pan placed under a machine like a fridge to catch dripping liquid

Peter Pan collar

1 6.3

A flat collar with rounded ends that meet at the front and appears on women's and children's clothing

omelet pan

1 2.4

A shallow pan with a long handle and slanted sides for cooking omelets

pan gravy

1 4.5

A thin sauce made from the juices left in a pan after cooking meat

cooking pan

1.0

A wide shallow metal container for making food on a stove

dripping pan

4.6

A shallow pan placed under roasting meat to catch fat and juices

electric baking pan

4.1

A pan that plugs in and cooks food by baking or grilling

electric frying pan

2.8

A pan with a built-in electric heater that cooks food without a stove

ash-pan

6.9

A metal tray under a stove that holds ashes so you can remove them

pan-Europeanism

Formal

9.8

Support for political, cultural, and economic unity across Europe

Pan-Germanism

9.9

A political movement to unite all people who speak German into one country

Pan paniscus

Specialized

9.8

A large ape like a chimpanzee that lives in forests of the Congo Basin, often called the bonobo

Pan troglodytes

Specialized

7.1

A large wild ape that lives in African forests and uses simple tools

Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii

Specialized

9.9

A kind of chimpanzee that lives in east-central Africa and has long hair

Pan troglodytes troglodytes

Specialized

9.9

A type of chimpanzee from central Africa with a black face

Pan troglodytes verus

Specialized

9.9

A western African chimpanzee with a pale face that is endangered

Pan American Day

5.4

A day to celebrate and promote unity among countries in the Americas

Pan American Union

Formal

7.7

An organization that helped countries in the Americas work together before the Organization of American States

patty-pan

9.8

A shallow baking dish for making small pies

stewing pan

1.3

A deep pot with a lid for cooking food slowly

warming pan

Archaic

8.2

A long metal pan with a handle and lid filled with hot coals to warm a bed before sleeping

warming pan

4.8

A pan used to keep food warm before serving

Surface Forms

Pan main

Etymology

Pan is the Greek god of fields and shepherds, often shown as half-goat who plays pipes, and his name gave us the English word panic ('sudden fear') and the 'pan flute' (the pipes he played). So, his wild, musical nature explains why stories link Pan to forests, shepherds and sudden fear.