Dionysia

See also: dionysia

English

Noun

Dionysia (plural Dionysia)

1. (historical) Any of the ancient festivals held in honour of the Olympian god Dionysus, and corresponding to the Roman Bacchanalia.

   The greater Dionysia were held at Athens in March or April, and were celebrated with elaborate performances of tragedies and comedies.

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Latin

Proper noun

Dionysia f (genitive Dionysiae); first declension

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Denise.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Dionysia	Dionysiae
Genitive	Dionysiae	Dionysiārum
Dative	Dionysiae	Dionysiīs
Accusative	Dionysiam	Dionysiās
Ablative	Dionysiā	Dionysiīs
Vocative	Dionysia	Dionysiae

Descendants

• → Italian: Dionisia
• → Middle English: Dionysia
  • ⇒ Middle English: Dye (diminutive)
    • ⇒ Middle English: Diot (diminutive)
      • ⇒ English: Dwight (surname; transferred to given name)
    • ⇒ English: Dyson, Tyson (surname)
• → Portuguese: Dionísia
• → Spanish: Dionisia

References

• “Dionysia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Dionysia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Dionysia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.