"Διόνυσος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Διόνυσος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /di.ó.nyː.sos/, /ðiˈo.ny.sos/, /ðiˈo.ni.sos/, /di.ó.nyː.sos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /diˈo.ny.sos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ðiˈo.ny.sos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ðiˈo.ny.sos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ðiˈo.ni.sos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Attested in Mycenaean Greek (13th to 12th century B.C.E.) as 𐀇𐀺𐀝𐀰 (di-wo-nu-so). Dialectal variants include Διένῡσος (Diénūsos), Δεύνῡσος (Deúnūsos), Δίννῡσος (Dínnūsos) and others. Popular etymology often connected it with Διός (Diós), the genitive of Ζεύς (Zeús, “Zeus”). The dio- forms are probably built by analogy from an original stem die-. The compound die-nūs-os is analysed as from a verbal stem die- (from δίεμαι (díemai, “to chase, to impel”)). The nūs- element gave rise to a toponym Νῦσα (Nûsa, “Nysa”), a mountain where the god was nursed by nymphs (the Nysiads, Nysa is also the name given to one of these nymphs). According to the testimony of Pherecydes of Syros (6th c. B.C.E.), nūsa is a word for "tree". Janda (Die Musik nach dem Chaos, 2010) suggests an original meaning of "impeller of the (world-)tree" (the axis mundi), connecting the god with archaic cosmology. The close association or indeed identity of Dionysus with a tree (especially the fig tree) is well attested in the classical period. More at Dionysus. Etymology templates: {{B.C.}} B.C.E., {{B.C.}} B.C.E. Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Δῐονῡ́σου|m|second|head=Δῐόνῡσος}} Δῐόνῡσος • (Diónūsos) m (genitive Δῐονῡ́σου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Δῐόνῡσος|ου|form=sing}} Forms: Δῐόνῡσος [canonical], Diónūsos [romanization], Δῐονῡ́σου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ Δῐόνῡσος [nominative, singular], τοῦ Δῐονῡ́σου [genitive, singular], τῷ Δῐονῡ́σῳ [dative, singular], τὸν Δῐόνῡσον [accusative, singular], Δῐόνῡσε [singular, vocative]
  1. (Greek mythology) Dionysus Wikipedia link: Dionysus, axis mundi Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek deities Synonyms: Διώνῡσος (Diṓnūsos), Διϝώνῡσος (Diwṓnūsos) [Doric] Derived forms: Διονῡ́σιος (Dionū́sios), Διονῡ́σιον (Dionū́sion), Διονῡ́σια (Dionū́sia), Διονῡσιακόν (Dionūsiakón)
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