Διονυσοκόλακες

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Δῐονῡσῐοκόλᾰκες (Dionūsiokólakes)

Etymology

From Δῐόνῡσος (Diónūsos, “Dionysus”) +‎ κόλᾱξ (kólāx, “flatterer”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.o.nyː.so.kó.la.kes/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.o.ny.soˈko.la.kes/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.o.ny.soˈko.la.ces/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.o.ny.soˈko.la.ces/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.o.ni.soˈko.la.ces/

Proper noun

Δῐονῡσοκόλᾰκες • (Dionūsokólakes) m (genitive Δῐονῡσοκολᾰ́κων); third declension

nickname given to the τεχνῖται Διονυσιακοί (tekhnîtai Dionusiakoí, “thespians”)
- 380 BCE – 315 BCE, Theopompus Historicus, Fragments 267
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Rhetoric 1405A.23
- 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 538F
1. flatterers of Dionysius the Tyrant, including the school of Plato
  - Diogenes Laërtius 10.8
  - 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 249F
  - 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 435E

Inflection

Third declension of οἱ Δῐονῡσοκόλᾰκες; τῶν Δῐονῡσοκολᾰ́κων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ Δῐονῡσοκόλᾰκες hoi Dionūsokólakes
Genitive	τῶν Δῐονῡσοκολᾰ́κων tôn Dionūsokolákōn
Dative	τοῖς Δῐονῡσοκόλᾰξῐ / Δῐονῡσοκόλᾰξῐν toîs Dionūsokólaxi(n)
Accusative	τοὺς Δῐονῡσοκόλᾰκᾰς toùs Dionūsokólakas
Vocative	Δῐονῡσοκόλᾰκες Dionūsokólakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“Διονυσοκόλακες”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Διονυσοκόλακες in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)

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