Dionysus

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/daɪ.əˈnaɪ.səs//daɪ.əˈniː.səs/

proper noun

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".

OriginLatin Dionȳsus ← Ancient Greek Διόνῡσος →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Dionysos

  1. Greekhuman sciencesThe 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".

    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

    2009, Behemoth, Daimonos
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    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?

    1973, Peter Shaffer, “Act II, Scene 25”, in Equus, pages 81-2

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bacchus

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΔιόνῡσος
  2. LatinDionȳsus
  3. EnglishDionysus

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

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Translations

Ancient Greek Διόνῡσος
  • Διόνῡσος (Diónūsos)Greek god of wine
Catalan Dionís
  • DionísGreek god of wine
Chinese Mandarin 酒神, 狄俄倪索斯
  • 酒神 (jiǔshén)Greek god of wine
  • 狄俄倪索斯 (Díénísuǒsī)Greek god of wine
Czech Dionýsos
  • DionýsosGreek god of wine
Danish Dionysos
  • DionysosGreek god of wine
Dutch Dionysos, Dionysus
  • DionysosGreek god of wine
  • DionysusGreek god of wine
Esperanto Dionizo
  • DionizoGreek god of wine
Estonian Dionysos
  • DionysosGreek god of wine
Finnish Dionysos
  • DionysosGreek god of wine
French Dionysos, Dionyse
  • DionysosGreek god of wine
  • DionyseGreek god of wine
German Dionysos
  • DionysosGreek god of wine
Hungarian Dionüszosz
  • DionüszoszGreek god of wine
Irish Diníseas
  • DiníseasGreek god of wine
Italian Dioniso
  • DionisoGreek god of wine
Japanese ディオニューソス
  • ディオニューソス (Dionyūsos)Greek god of wine
Korean 디오니소스
  • 디오니소스 (Dionisoseu)Greek god of wine
Latvian Dionīss
  • DionīssGreek god of wine
Lithuanian Dionisas
  • DionisasGreek god of wine
Polish Dionizos
  • DionizosGreek god of wine
Portuguese Dionísio, Dioniso
  • DionísioGreek god of wine
  • DionisoGreek god of wine
Romanian Dionis
  • DionisGreek god of wine
Russian Диони́с, Дио́нис
  • Диони́с (Dionís)Greek god of wine
  • Дио́нис (Diónis)Greek god of wine
Spanish Dioniso
  • DionisoGreek god of wine
Swahili Dioniso
  • DionisoGreek god of wine
Turkish Dionysos
  • DionysosGreek god of wine
Ukrainian Діо́ніс
  • Діо́ніс (Diónis)Greek god of wine

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Dionysus

rhesusnisusCroesus
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Cite this entry
APA

Dionysus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dionysus

MLA

“Dionysus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dionysus. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dionysus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dionysus.

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