dionysias

See also: Dionysias

English

Noun

dionysias

1. plural of dionysia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek διονυσιάς (dionusiás).

Noun

dionȳsias f (genitive dionȳsiadis); third declension

1. A kind of precious stone said to be effective against drunkenness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dionȳsias	dionȳsiadēs
Genitive	dionȳsiadis	dionȳsiadum
Dative	dionȳsiadī	dionȳsiadibus
Accusative	dionȳsiadem	dionȳsiadēs
Ablative	dionȳsiade	dionȳsiadibus
Vocative	dionȳsias	dionȳsiadēs

References

• dionysias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “dionysias”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press