411 REFERENCE · Wiktionary
Dionysus
Reference material by Wiktionary contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
English
thumb|right|180px|Dionysus
Alternative forms
en Dionysos
Etymology
en la Dionȳsus, from en grc Διόνῡσος.
Pronunciation
en /daɪ.əˈnaɪ.səs/ /daɪ.əˈniː.səs/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dionysus.wav Southern England
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Dionysus.wav GA
en aɪsəs iːsəs 4
Proper noun
en Q41680 en Greek god 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".
en 1973 Peter Shaffer Equus (play) Equus Act II, Scene 25 81-2 DYSART: ... [Pause.] Then in the morning, I put away my books on the cultural shelf, close up the kodachrome snaps of Mount Olympus, touch my reproduction statue of Dionysus for luck—and go off to hospital to treat him for insanity. Do you see?
en 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
en Dionysian
Related terms
en Dennis Dionysiac
Translations
Greek god of wine Q41680
Armenian: hy Դիոնիսոս
Basque: eu
Catalan: ca Dionís m
Cherokee: chr ᏓᏲᏂᏌ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 酒神, cmn 狄俄倪索斯 Díénísuǒsī
Coptic: cop ⲇⲓⲟⲛⲩⲥⲟⲥ m
Corsican: co Dionisu, co Diunisu m
Czech: cs Dionýsos m
Danish: da Dionysos
Dutch: nl Dionysos, nl Dionysus m
Esperanto: eo Dionizo
Estonian: et Dionysos
Finnish: fi Dionysos
French: fr Dionysos m, fr Dionyse m
Middle French: frm Dionyse m
Friulian: fur Dionis m
Galician: gl Dioniso
Georgian: ka დიონისე, ka დიონისოსი
German: de Dionysos m
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Διόνῡσος m
Hungarian: hu Dionüszosz
Irish: ga Diníseas m
Italian: it Dioniso
Japanese: ja ディオニューソス Dionyūsos
Korean: ko ^디오니소스
Latvian: lv Dionīss m
Lithuanian: lt Dionisas m
Lombard: lmo Dionis m
Occitan: oc Dionís m
Polish: pl Dionizos m
Portuguese: pt Dionísio m, pt Dioniso m
Romanian: ro Dionis m
Russian: ru Диони́с m, ru Дио́нис m
Spanish: es Dioniso
Swahili: sw Dioniso
Turkish: tr Dionysos
Ukrainian: uk Діо́ніс m
See also
en Bacchus
Latin
Etymology
la Dionȳsus :bor grc:Διόνῡσος + 1
Pronunciation
Dionȳsus
Proper noun
Dionȳsus<2>
la Dionysus Q41680
Declension
Dionȳsus<2>
Derived terms
la Dionȳsia given name
la Dionȳsius given name
Related terms
la Dionȳsiacus
Descendants
en Dionysus 1
it Dioniso
frm Dionyse
la Gods