Dionysius
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin Dionysius, from Ancient Greek Διονύσιος (Dionúsios)
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Dionysius
- An Ancient Greek male given name from Ancient Greek
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Acts 17:34:
- Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
Translations[edit]
Ancient Greek male given name
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Διονύσιος (Dionúsios), from Διόνῡσος (Diónūsos) + -ιος (-ios)
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Dionȳsius m (genitive Dionȳsiī or Dionȳsī); second declension
- A male given name, equivalent to English Dennis.
- tyrant of Syracuse
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Dionȳsius | Dionȳsiī |
Genitive | Dionȳsiī Dionȳsī1 |
Dionȳsiōrum |
Dative | Dionȳsiō | Dionȳsiīs |
Accusative | Dionȳsium | Dionȳsiōs |
Ablative | Dionȳsiō | Dionȳsiīs |
Vocative | Dionȳsī | Dionȳsiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References[edit]
- Dionysius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Dionysius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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