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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

  • Δοῦρισ δ’ ὁ Σάμιοσ ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ καὶ εἰκοστῇ τῶν ἱστοριῶν καὶ αὐτὸν τὸν ἰθύφαλλον· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 632)
  • τοῦτον δὲ τὸν θεὸν τινὲσ μὲν Ἰθύφαλλον ὀνομάζουσι, τινὲσ δὲ Τύχωνα. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 6 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. the one who danced in such a dance

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