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English
Etymology
From Latin dīthyrambus, from Ancient Greek διθύραμβος (dithúrambos).
Noun
dithyrambus (plural dithyrambi)
- Alternative form of dithyramb
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek διθύραμβος (dithúrambos).
Pronunciation
Noun
dīthyrambus m (genitive dīthyrambī); second declension
- a dithyramb, dithyrambic poem, originally in honor of Bacchus, but afterwards also of other gods
Declension
Second-declension noun.
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