Διονύσιος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Διόνῡσος (Diónūsos) + -ιος (-ios).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.o.ny̌ː.si.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /di.oˈny.si.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ði.oˈny.si.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ði.oˈny.si.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.oˈni.si.os/
Proper noun
Δῐονῡ́σῐος • (Dionū́sios) m (genitive Δῐονῡσίου); second declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Dionysius or Dennis
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Δῐονῡ́σῐος ho Dionū́sios | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Δῐονῡσῐ́ου toû Dionūsíou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Δῐονῡσῐ́ῳ tôi Dionūsíōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Δῐονῡ́σῐον tòn Dionū́sion | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Δῐονῡ́σῐε Dionū́sie | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Διονύσιος (Dionýsios), Διονύσης (Dionýsis)
- → Latin: Dionȳsius
- ⇒ Ancient Greek: Δίων (Díōn) (diminutive)
Further reading
- “Διονύσιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Διονύσιος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- G1354 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008