Dionysus

English

Dionysus

Alternative forms

• Dionysos

Etymology

Via Latin Dionȳsus, from Ancient Greek Διόνῡσος (Diónūsos).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /daɪəˈnaɪsəs/, /daɪəˈnaɪsɪs/

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Proper noun

Dionysus

1. (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

• Dionysiac

Translations

Greek god of wine

• Armenian: Դիոնիսոս (hy) (Dionisos)
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: Dionís (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᏓᏲᏂᏌ (dayonisa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 酒神 (zh) (jiǔshén)

• Coptic: ⲇⲓⲟⲛⲩⲥⲟⲥ m (dionusos)
• Corsican: Dionisu, Diunisu m
• Czech: Dionýsos m
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: Dionysos (nl), Dionysus (nl) m
• Esperanto: Dionizo
• Estonian: Dionysos
• Finnish: Dionysos (fi)
• French: Dionysos (fr) m
• Friulian: Dionis m
• Galician: Dioniso
• Georgian: დიონისე (dionise), დიონისოსი (dionisosi)
• German: Dionysos (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: Διόνῡσος m (Diónūsos)

• Hungarian: Dionüszosz (hu)
• Irish: Diníseas m
• Italian: Dioniso
• Japanese: ディオニューソス (Dionyūsos)
• Korean: 디오니소스 (ko) (Dionisoseu)
• Latvian: Dionīss m
• Lithuanian: Dionisas m
• Lombard: Dionis m
• Occitan: Dionís m
• Polish: Dionizos (pl) m
• Portuguese: Dionísio (pt) m, Dioniso m
• Romanian: Dionis m
• Russian: Диони́с (ru) m (Dionís), Дио́нис (ru) m (Diónis)
• Spanish: Dioniso (es)
• Swahili: Dioniso
• Ukrainian: Діо́ніс m (Diónis)

See also

• Bacchus
• (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus

Further reading

• Dionysus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

Ancient Greek Διόνῡσος (Diónūsos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /di.oˈnyː.sus/, [d̪iɔˈnyːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /di.oˈni.sus/, [d̪ioˈniːs̬us]

Proper noun

Dionȳsus m sg (genitive Dionȳsī); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Dionysus, a Greek god.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Dionȳsus
Genitive	Dionȳsī
Dative	Dionȳsō
Accusative	Dionȳsum
Ablative	Dionȳsō
Vocative	Dionȳse

Derived terms

• Dionȳsia (given name)
• Dionȳsius (given name)