dionysias

See also: Dionysias

English

Noun

dionysias

  1. plural of dionysia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek διονυσιάς (dionusiás).

Noun

dionȳsias f (genitive dionȳsiadis); third declension

  1. A kind of precious stone said to be effective against drunkenness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dionȳsias dionȳsiadēs
genitive dionȳsiadis dionȳsiadum
dative dionȳsiadī dionȳsiadibus
accusative dionȳsiadem dionȳsiadēs
ablative dionȳsiade dionȳsiadibus
vocative dionȳsias dionȳsiadēs

References

  • dionysias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • dionysias”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press