διθύραμβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Like ἴαμβος (íambos), θρίαμβος (thríambos) and ἴθυμβος (íthumbos), this word is probably a loanword from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

δῑθῠ́ρᾰμβος • (dīthúrambos) m (genitive δῑθῠρᾰ́μβου); second declension

  1. dithyramb, a hymn in honor of Dionysus
  2. (figuratively) bombastic language
  3. name for the god Dionysus himself

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ δῑθῠ́ρᾰμβος; τοῦ δῑθῠρᾰ́μβου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ δῑθῠ́ρᾰμβος
ho dīthúrambos		 τὼ δῑθῠρᾰ́μβω
tṑ dīthurámbō		 οἱ δῑθῠ́ρᾰμβοι
hoi dīthúramboi
Genitive τοῦ δῑθῠρᾰ́μβου
toû dīthurámbou		 τοῖν δῑθῠρᾰ́μβοιν
toîn dīthurámboin		 τῶν δῑθῠρᾰ́μβων
tôn dīthurámbōn
Dative τῷ δῑθῠρᾰ́μβῳ
tôi dīthurámbōi		 τοῖν δῑθῠρᾰ́μβοιν
toîn dīthurámboin		 τοῖς δῑθῠρᾰ́μβοις
toîs dīthurámbois
Accusative τὸν δῑθῠ́ρᾰμβον
tòn dīthúrambon		 τὼ δῑθῠρᾰ́μβω
tṑ dīthurámbō		 τοὺς δῑθῠρᾰ́μβους
toùs dīthurámbous
Vocative δῑθῠ́ρᾰμβε
dīthúrambe		 δῑθῠρᾰ́μβω
dīthurámbō		 δῑθῠ́ρᾰμβοι
dīthúramboi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • διθυραμβέω (dithurambéō)
  • διθυραμβικός (dithurambikós)
  • διθυράμβιος (dithurámbios)
  • Διθυραμβογενής (Dithurambogenḗs)
  • διθυραμβογράφος (dithurambográphos)
  • διθυραμβοδιδάσκαλος (dithurambodidáskalos)
  • διθυραμβοποιητική (dithurambopoiētikḗ)
  • διθυραμβοποιός (dithurambopoiós)
  • διθυραμβοχώνα (dithurambokhṓna)
  • διθυραμβώδης (dithurambṓdēs)

Descendants
  • → Latin: dīthyrambus

Further reading
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