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Meaning of Dionysus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
daɪ.əˈnaɪ.səs

Definitions

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".

Greek

Equivalents

العربية ديونيسيس - راهب في القرن السّادس
Català Dionís
Čeština Dionýsos
Deutsch Dionysos
Esperanto Dionizo
Español Dioniso
Suomi Dionysos
Français Dionysos
Gaeilge Diníseas
Magyar Dionüszosz
Հայերեն Դիոնիսոս
Italiano Dioniso
日本語 ディオニューソス
ქართული დიონისე
한국어 디오니소스
Lietuvių Dionisas
Nederlands Dionysos Dionysus
Polski Dionizos
Português Dionísio Dioniso
Română Dionis
Русский Дионис
Türkçe Diyonisos
Українська Діоніс

Examples

“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”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Diop dioperad Diophantine Diophantine equation diophantine geometry Diophantus

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