dithyrambus
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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [diː.tʰyˈram.bʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪i.t̪iˈram.bus]
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.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dīthyrambus | dīthyrambī |
| genitive | dīthyrambī | dīthyrambōrum |
| dative | dīthyrambō | dīthyrambīs |
| accusative | dīthyrambum | dīthyrambōs |
| ablative | dīthyrambō | dīthyrambīs |
| vocative | dīthyrambe | dīthyrambī |
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