διθύραμβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Noun

δῑθῠ́ρᾰμβος • (dīthŭ́rămbos) 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 dīthŭ́rămbos 		τὼ δῑθῠρᾰ́μβω
tṑ dīthŭrắmbō 		οἱ δῑθῠ́ρᾰμβοι
hoi dīthŭ́rămboi
Genitive τοῦ δῑθῠρᾰ́μβου
toû dīthŭrắmbou 		τοῖν δῑθῠρᾰ́μβοιν
toîn dīthŭrắmboin 		τῶν δῑθῠρᾰ́μβων
tôn dīthŭrắmbōn
Dative τῷ δῑθῠρᾰ́μβῳ
tōî dīthŭrắmbōi 		τοῖν δῑθῠρᾰ́μβοιν
toîn dīthŭrắmboin 		τοῖς δῑθῠρᾰ́μβοις
toîs dīthŭrắmbois
Accusative τὸν δῑθῠ́ρᾰμβον
tòn dīthŭ́rămbon 		τὼ δῑθῠρᾰ́μβω
tṑ dīthŭrắmbō 		τοὺς δῑθῠρᾰ́μβους
toùs dīthŭrắmbous
Vocative δῑθῠ́ρᾰμβε
dīthŭ́rămbe 		δῑθῠρᾰ́μβω
dīthŭrắmbō 		δῑθῠ́ρᾰμβοι
dīthŭ́rămboi
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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