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ἰθύφαλλος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἰθύφαλλος ἰθυφάλλου

Structure: ἰθυφαλλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. a phallus carried in the festivals of Bacchus, the ode sung in honour of it
  2. the dance accompanying such an ode
  3. the one who danced in such a dance

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • μνημονεύει αὐτοῦ Θεοκλῆσ ἐν Ἰθυφάλλοισ οὕτωσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 97 3:2)
  • ἰθυφάλλοισ δὲ καὶ αὐτοληκύθοισ συγχωροῦμεν εἶναι τοῖσ υἱέσι τοῖσ τούτου, καὶ ἔγωγ’ εὔχομαι τοῖσ θεοῖσ εἰσ Κόνωνα καὶ τοὺσ υἱεῖσ τοὺσ τούτου καὶ ταῦτα καὶ τὰ τοιαῦθ’ ἅπαντα τρέπεσθαι. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 26:2)

Synonyms

  1. the one who danced in such a dance

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