Dionysus

English

Dionysus

Alternative forms

• Dionysos

Etymology

Via Latin Dionȳsus, from Ancient Greek Διόνῡσος (Diónūsos).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /daɪəˈnaɪsəs/, /daɪəˈnaɪsɪs/

Proper noun

Dionysus

1. (Greek mythology) The god of wine, ivy and grapes, specifically its intoxication and social influence, but also the patron of agriculture and the theater. Also related to the mystery of religion, as in "spiritual intoxication".

Derived terms

• Dionysiac

Translations

Greek god of wine

• Armenian: Դիոնիսոս (hy) (Dionisos)
• Catalan: Dionís m
• Cherokee: ᏓᏲᏂᏌ (dayonisa)
• Czech: Dionýsos m
• Esperanto: Dionizo
• Finnish: Dionysos (fi)
• French: Dionysos (fr) m
• Galician: Dioniso
• German: Dionysos (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: Διόνῡσος m (Diónūsos)

• Irish: Diníseas m
• Italian: Dioniso
• Japanese: ディオニューソス (Dionyūsos)
• Korean: 디오니소스 (ko) (Dionisoseu)
• Portuguese: Dionísio (pt) m, Dioniso m
• Russian: Диони́с (ru) m (Dionís)
• Spanish: Dioniso (es)
• Swahili: Dioniso
• Ukrainian: Діо́ніс m (Diónis)

See also

• Bacchus

Further reading

• Dionysus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia