dithyrambus

English

Etymology

From Latin dīthyrambus, from Ancient Greek διθύραμβος (dithúrambos).

Noun

dithyrambus (plural dithyrambi)

1. Alternative form of dithyramb

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διθύραμβος (dithúrambos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diː.tʰyˈram.bus/, [d̪iːt̪ʰʏˈrämbʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /di.tiˈram.bus/, [d̪it̪iˈrämbus]

Noun

dīthyrambus m (genitive dīthyrambī); second declension

1. a dithyramb, dithyrambic poem, originally in honor of Bacchus, but afterwards also of other gods

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dīthyrambus	dīthyrambī
Genitive	dīthyrambī	dīthyrambōrum
Dative	dīthyrambō	dīthyrambīs
Accusative	dīthyrambum	dīthyrambōs
Ablative	dīthyrambō	dīthyrambīs
Vocative	dīthyrambe	dīthyrambī

References

• “dithyrambus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dithyrambus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers