Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dionysus

/daɪ.əˈnaɪ.səs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.64 in modern English

Syllables: diony-sus
IPA: /daɪ.əˈnaɪ.səs/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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".

Example Sentences

"DYSART: ... [Pause.] Then in the morning, I put away my books on the cultural shelf, close up the kodachrome snaps of Mount Olympus, touch my reproduction statue of Dionysus for luck—and go off to hospital to treat him for insanity. Do you see?"
"All hail slain and risen God / All hail Dionysus / Come blessed Dionysus, various nam'd, bull-fac'd / Begot from the thunder, Bacchus fam'd"

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Διόνῡσος

Inflected Forms

Dionysos (alternative)

Derived Forms

Dionysian

Frequently Paired Words

Dennis Dionysiac Bacchus

Rhymes With

nisus rhesus croesus

Questions

How do you pronounce dionysus?: The recorded pronunciation is /daɪ.əˈnaɪ.səs/.
What does dionysus mean?: 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".
Where does dionysus come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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