Dionysus is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Dionysus in a sentence
Dionysus meaning
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".
Synonyms of Dionysus
Using Dionysus
- The main meaning on this page is: 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".
- Useful related words include: greek deity.
- In the example corpus, dionysus often appears in combinations such as: of dionysus, dionysus in, and dionysus.
Context around Dionysus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dionysus
- In this selection, "dionysus" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, god, recreate, hence, became, brought and took stand out and add context to how "dionysus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and city dionysus were state and and n4 dionysus products. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dionysus" sits close to words such as abalone, abomination and addressable, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dionysus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Dionysus, 1955 Horsebit, GG Marmont and Ophidia are key items in this campaign. (13 words)
The head of a Greek era statue of Dionysus was found in the city of Cyrene, Libya. (17 words)
Pretending to resent his self-made reputation was how he had it both ways: Dionysus meets Willy Loman. (18 words)
When Hera sat down she was held fast, and Hephaestus refused to listen to any other of the gods except Dionysus – in him he reposed the fullest trust – and after making him drunk Dionysus brought him to heaven. (38 words)
Acharnians lines 646-51 * Political theatre: The Lenaia and City Dionysus were state-sponsored, religious festivals, and though the latter was the more prestigious of the two, both were occasions for official pomp and circumstance. (35 words)
The company also provided a couple of codenames for next-gen CSS V-series (Vega) and N-series (Ranger) platforms, which some believe will eventually become the Neoverse V4 “Adonis” and N4 “Dionysus” products. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Seyffert Dictionary Zeus used the heart to recreate Dionysus and implant him in the womb of Semele—hence Dionysus became known as "the twice-born".
When Hera sat down she was held fast, and Hephaestus refused to listen to any other of the gods except Dionysus – in him he reposed the fullest trust – and after making him drunk Dionysus brought him to heaven.
According to Nonnus of Panopolis, the Indian army was annihilated by Bacchic forces, and Dionysus took pity on his enemies.
His expression is smug and playful, while the blush on Dionysus' cheeks implies that he's always at least a little drunk.
The Greek god of Wine, who's also dubbed Mr. D, Dionysus is forced to oversee the demigods as a punishment from Zeus.
This being harvest season, it is the best time of year to raise a glass to Bacchus (aka Dionysus), the Greek god of wine.
Archaeological excavations in Leicester have revealed what once may have been a Roman shrine to the Greek god Dionysus.
For what it's worth, the official Olympic account said it was actually an interpretation of the Feast of Dionysus.
He was channeling Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and festivity, with a song about "the absurdity of violence between human beings".
Many of the gods feature in his books, yet, by the third episode of the Disney+ series, we have only been properly introduced to one, Mr. D or Dionysus, played by Jason Mantzoukas.
The ceremony’s artistic director, Thomas Jolly, insisted it depicted a pagan festival, and if there was any mockery, it was of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and revelry.
The company also provided a couple of codenames for next-gen CSS V-series (Vega) and N-series (Ranger) platforms, which some believe will eventually become the Neoverse V4 “Adonis” and N4 “Dionysus” products.
The debate then prompts Dionysus to wonder which playwright he should actually bring back; so he judges a competition between the two brilliant wordsmiths.
The head of a Greek era statue of Dionysus was found in the city of Cyrene, Libya.
The play tells the story of the Greek god Dionysus who is in complete despair over the loss of the tragic playwright Euripides, who had died just the year before.
Dionysus, 1955 Horsebit, GG Marmont and Ophidia are key items in this campaign.
Pretending to resent his self-made reputation was how he had it both ways: Dionysus meets Willy Loman.
What's more, the brand's Instagram-famous £1600 Dionysus bag is also among the designer accessories currently on the site which is accessible to members only.
Dionysus plays to win, plays dirty, and will see her disrespect corrected in the most horrific fashion imaginable.
Acharnians lines 646-51 * Political theatre: The Lenaia and City Dionysus were state-sponsored, religious festivals, and though the latter was the more prestigious of the two, both were occasions for official pomp and circumstance.
Common combinations with dionysus
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of dionysus 15×
- dionysus in 7×
- and dionysus 5×
- god dionysus 5×
- dionysus and 4×
- dionysus the 3×
- dionysus was 3×
- by dionysus 3×
- dionysus is 2×
- dionysus to 2×