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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Neuter plural of Διονῡ́σιος (Dionū́sios, “of Dionysus”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.o.ny̌ː.si.a/ → /ði.oˈny.si.a/ → /ði.oˈni.si.a/
Noun
Δῐονῡ́σῐᾰ • (Dionū́sia) n (genitive Δῐονῡ́σῐ́ων); second declension
- A festival of Dionysus, the Dionysia
Inflection
Descendants
References
- “Διονύσια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Διονύσια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.