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Dĭŏnȳsus or -os , i, m., = Διόνυσος,
I.the Greek name of Bacchus (not in the Aug. poets), Cic. N. D. 3, 21; 23; Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5; Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 13; Aus. Epigr. 30.—
II. Derivv.,
A. Dĭŏnȳsĭus , a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Bacchus; Dĭŏ-nȳsia , ōrum, n., = Διονύσια, τά (sc. ἱερά), the festival of Bacchus, in Greece celebrated every three years (Lat. Bacchanalia), Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 45; id. Cist. 1, 1, 91; 1, 3, 8; id. Ps. 1, 1, 57; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 110 Don.; id. ib. 4, 4, 11.—
B. Dĭŏnȳsĭas , ădis, f., a precious stone, of a black color, Plin. 37, 10, 57, § 157.—
C. Dĭŏnȳsĭăcus , a, um, adj., of or relating to Bacchus: “ludi, i. q. Liberalia,Aus. Ecl. de Feriis Rom. 29.
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    • Plautus, Cistellaria, 1.1
    • Plautus, Curculio, 5.2
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 1.1
    • Plautus, Stichus, 5.2
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.21
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