Dionysus
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Etymology edit
Via Latin Dionȳsus, from Ancient Greek Διόνῡσος (Diónūsos).
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Proper noun edit
Dionysus
- (Greek mythology) The god of wine, ivy and grapes, specifically its intoxication and social influence, but also the patron of agriculture and the theater. Also related to the mystery of religion, as in "spiritual intoxication".
- 2009, Behemoth, Daimonos:
- All hail slain and risen God / All hail Dionysus / Come blessed Dionysus, various nam'd, bull-fac'd / Begot from the thunder, Bacchus fam'd
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Translations edit
Greek god of wine
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See also edit
- Bacchus
- (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus
Further reading edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Ancient Greek Διόνῡσος (Diónūsos).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /di.oˈnyː.sus/, [d̪iɔˈnyːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /di.oˈni.sus/, [d̪ioˈniːs̬us]
Proper noun edit
Dionȳsus m sg (genitive Dionȳsī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Dionȳsus |
Genitive | Dionȳsī |
Dative | Dionȳsō |
Accusative | Dionȳsum |
Ablative | Dionȳsō |
Vocative | Dionȳse |