2006-12-19 20:40:15 · 4 answers · asked by altinsaysaba 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
DIONYSUS (probably = " son of Zeus," from Otos and vvvos, a Thracian word for " son " -1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica
ETYMOLOGY: Latin Dionsus, from Greek Dionsos -The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000
Dionysus and Dionysos or Dionysius (Ancient Greek: Διώνυσος or Διόνυσος; also known as Bacchus in both Greek and Roman mythology and associated with the Italic Liber), the Thracian god of wine. ...The name Dionysus is of uncertain significance; it may well be non-Greek in origin, but it has been associated since antiquity with Zeus (genitive Dios) and with Nysa, which is either the nymph who nursed him, or the mountain where he was attended by several nymphs who fed him and made him immortal as directed by Hermes; or both. --Wikipedia®
2006-12-19 20:59:13 · answer #1 · answered by Seikilos 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The name Dionysus is of uncertain significance; it may well be non-Greek in origin, but it has been associated since antiquity with Zeus (genitive Dios) and with Nysa, which is either the nymph who nursed him, or the mountain where he was attended by several nymphs who fed him and made him immortal as directed by Hermes; or both
2006-12-20 04:50:02 · answer #2 · answered by wdy_67 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In addition to the interesting answers other people have given you, I am proud to tell you that my name Dennis derives from Dionysos. This just for general information.
2006-12-20 05:16:03 · answer #3 · answered by Dennis J 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One possibility is that it roots from a Sumerian word, but I'm not really confident in that claim, nor have I found what that word is supposed to be.
2006-12-20 04:52:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋