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dithyrambics

dithyrambics is the plural of dithyrambic.

Meaning of dithyrambic

Noun

dithyrambic (plural dithyrambics)

  1. A dithyramb.
    • As we have no remains of the dithyrambics of the ancients, we cannot exactly ascertain the measure.1775, Anonymous, review of the West translation of Pindar's Olympic Odes, in The Critical Review, volume 40, page 451

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Questions about dithyrambics

What is dithyrambics the plural of?
Dithyrambics is the plural of dithyrambic.

Words near dithyrambics in the dictionary

  1. dithymoquinone
  2. dithyramb
  3. dithyrambi
  4. dithyrambic
  5. dithyrambically
  6. dithyrambics
  7. dithyrambist
  8. dithyrambists
  9. dithyramboi
  10. dithyrambos
  11. dithyrambs

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