dithyrambus
English
Etymology
From Latin dīthyrambus, from Ancient Greek διθύραμβος (dithúrambos).
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek διθύραμβος (dithúrambos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /diː.tʰyˈram.bus/, [d̪iːt̪ʰʏˈrämbʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /di.tiˈram.bus/, [d̪it̪iˈrämbus]
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.
| Case | 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
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