Dionysus
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Dionysus
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Via Latin Dionȳsus, from Ancient Greek Διόνῡσος (Diónūsos).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /daɪəˈnaɪsəs/, /daɪəˈnaɪsɪs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
Dionysus
- (Greek mythology) The god of wine, ivy and grapes, specifically its intoxication and social influence, but also the patron of agriculture and the theater. Also related to the mystery of religion, as in "spiritual intoxication".
- 2009, Behemoth, Daimonos:
- All hail slain and risen God / All hail Dionysus / Come blessed Dionysus, various nam'd, bull-fac'd / Begot from the thunder, Bacchus fam'd
Derived terms
Translations
Greek god of wine
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See also
- Bacchus
- (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
Ancient Greek Διόνῡσος (Diónūsos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /di.oˈnyː.sus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /di.oˈni.sus/,
Proper noun
Dionȳsus m sg (genitive Dionȳsī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Dionȳsus |
| genitive | Dionȳsī |
| dative | Dionȳsō |
| accusative | Dionȳsum |
| ablative | Dionȳsō |
| vocative | Dionȳse |