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dionysia

/ˌdaɪəˈnaɪsiə/

dionysia noun: the orgiastic Ancient Greek festivals seasonally held in honor of Dionysus, which evolved into Greek comedy and tragedy.

Noun (1)

dionysia (plural dionysias)

  1. The orgiastic Ancient Greek festivals seasonally held in honor of Dionysus, which evolved into Greek comedy and tragedy.

Noun (2) capitalized: Dionysia

Dionysia pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) 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.

Proper noun capitalized: Dionysia

Dionysia

  1. A female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], masculine equivalent Dionysius.
    • Mr. James Keene, one of the proprietors of the Bath Journal, to Miss Dionysia Barnes, daughter of the late Mr. Barnes, surgeon, of Heytesbury, Wilts.1820 March 23, “[Worcester] Married”, in Berrow’s Worcester Journal, number 6117, Worcester, Worcestershire: Harvey Berrow Tymbs, →OCLC, page [3], column 2
    • The engagement of Miss Dionysia Vernice Moustakas to Robert Lewis Renner Jr. of Cocoa is announced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Moustakas of Fort Lauderdale.1971 February 13, “[Wedding Bells Will Ring for Them] Moustakas-Renner”, in Today, Cocoa, Fla.: Gannett Company, →OCLC, page 2D, column 1

Forms of dionysia

pluraldionysias

Origin of dionysia

From Ancient Greek Διονῡ́σια n pl (Dionū́sia), from Διόνῡσος (Diónūsos, “Dionysus”).

Learned borrowing from Latin Dionȳsia, feminine of Dionȳsius, from Ancient Greek Δῐονῡ́σῐος (Dĭonū́sĭos), from Διόνῡσος (Diónūsos, “Dionysus”) + -ῐος (-ĭos, “pertaining to”). Doublet of Denise.

Questions about dionysia

What does dionysia mean?
Dionysia means the orgiastic Ancient Greek festivals seasonally held in honor of Dionysus, which evolved into Greek comedy and tragedy.
What part of speech is dionysia?
Dionysia can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce dionysia?
Dionysia is pronounced /ˌdaɪəˈnaɪsiə/.
What is the plural of dionysia?
The plural of dionysia is dionysias.

Words near dionysia in the dictionary

  1. Dionte
  2. dionychan
  3. dionychans
  4. dionym
  5. dionyms
  6. dionysia
  7. dionysiac
  8. Dionysiacal
  9. Dionysiacally
  10. dionysian
  11. Dionysians

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