Dionysius

English

Etymology

From Latin Dionysius, from Ancient Greek Διονύσιος (Dionúsios)

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /daɪəˈnɪzɪəs/, /daɪəˈnɪsɪəs/

Proper noun

Dionysius

  1. An Ancient Greek male given name
    • Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

Translations

Latin

Proper noun

Dionȳsius m (genitive Dionȳsiī); second declension

  1. A male given name equivalent to Dennis.
  2. tyrant of Syracuse

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative Dionȳsius Dionȳsiī
genitive Dionȳsiī
Dionȳsī1		 Dionȳsiōrum
dative Dionȳsiō Dionȳsiīs
accusative Dionȳsium Dionȳsiōs
ablative Dionȳsiō Dionȳsiīs
vocative Dionȳsī Dionȳsiī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

  • Dionysius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Dionysius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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