Dionysia

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌdaɪəˈnaɪsiə/ === Etymology 1 === From Ancient Greek Διονῡ́σια n pl (Dionū́sia), from Διόνῡσος (Diónūsos, “Dionysus”). ==== Noun ==== Dionysia pl (plural only) (historical) Any of the ancient festivals held in honour of the Olympian god Dionysus, and corresponding to the Roman Bacchanalia. === Etymology 2 === Learned borrowing from Latin Dionȳsia, feminine of Dionȳsius, from Ancient Greek Δῐονῡ́σῐος (Dĭonū́sĭos), from Διόνῡσος (Diónūsos, “Dionysus”) + -ῐος (-ĭos, “pertaining to”). Doublet of Denise. ==== Proper noun ==== Dionysia A female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], masculine equivalent Dionysius. == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [di.ɔˈnyː.si.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [di.oˈniː.s̬i.a] === Proper noun === Dionȳsia f (genitive Dionȳsiae); first declension a female given name, equivalent to English Denise ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: Dionisia → Middle English: Dionysia ⇒ Middle English: Dye (diminutive) ⇒ Middle English: Diot (diminutive) ⇒ English: Dwight (surname; transferred to given name) ⇒ English: Dyson, Tyson (surname) → Portuguese: Dionísia → Sicilian: Dinisa → Spanish: Dionisia === References === “Dionysia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Dionysia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “Dionysia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.