Διονύσια

Διονύσια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter plural of Διονῡ́σιος (Dionū́sios, “of Dionysus”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.o.ny̌ː.si.a/ → /ði.oˈny.si.a/ → /ði.oˈni.si.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.o.ny̌ː.si.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.oˈny.si.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.oˈny.si.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.oˈny.si.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.oˈni.si.a/

Noun

Δῐονῡ́σῐᾰ • (Dionū́sia) n (genitive Δῐονῡ́σῐ́ων); second declension

1. A festival of Dionysus, the Dionysia

Inflection

Second declension of τᾰ̀ Δῐονῡ́σῐᾰ; τῶν Δῐονῡσῐ́ων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ Δῐονῡ́σῐᾰ tà Dionū́sia
Genitive	τῶν Δῐονῡσῐ́ων tôn Dionūsíōn
Dative	τοῖς Δῐονῡσῐ́οις toîs Dionūsíois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ Δῐονῡ́σῐᾰ tà Dionū́sia
Vocative	Δῐονῡ́σῐᾰ Dionū́sia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: Dionysia
  • English: Dionysia

References

• “Διονύσια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Διονύσια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • dionysus idem, page 225.