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θρίαμβος

thriambos · ὁ

hymn to Dionysus

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What it meant — LSJ

hymn to Dionysus

hymn to Dionysus, sung in festal processions to his honour, Cratin. 36.

2

epith. of Dionysus, Trag.Adesp. 140, D.S. 4.5, Ath. 1.30b, Plu. Marc. 22, Arr. An. 6.28.2.

3 scandal

metaph., scandal, δεδιὼς τὸν ἐκ λόγων θ. Conon 31.1.

II triumph

= Lat. triumphus (which is borrowed fr. θ. through Etruscan), Plb. 6.15.8, D.S. 12.64, Mon. Anc.Gr. 2.20, SIG 804.9 (Cos, i A.D.), Plu. Publ. 20, etc.; ὁ μέγας θ. the triumph, opp. ὁ ἐλάττων θ. ovatio, Id. Marc. 22, cf. D.H. 8.67; ὁ πεζὸς θ., = ovatio, Id. 9.36. (For the termination perh. cf. ἴαμβος, διθύραμβος, but the origin of θρι- is unknown.)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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