ἰθύφαλλος
Second declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἰθύφαλλος
ἰθυφάλλου
Structure:
ἰθυφαλλ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Sense
- a phallus carried in the festivals of Bacchus, the ode sung in honour of it
- the dance accompanying such an ode
- 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.
- "μεθ’ οὓσ εἰσῆλθον ἰθύφαλλοι καὶ σκληροπαῖκται καί τινεσ καὶ θαυματουργοὶ γυναῖκεσ εἰσ ξίφη κυβιστῶσαι καὶ πῦρ ἐκ τοῦ στόματοσ ἐκριπίζουσαι γυμναί. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 2 3:10)
- "ἐπανελθόντα δὲ τὸν Δημήτριον ἀπὸ τῆσ Λευκάδοσ καὶ Κερκύρασ εἰσ τὰσ Ἀθήνασ οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι ἐδέχοντο οὐ μόνον θυμιῶντεσ καὶ στεφανοῦντεσ καὶ οἰνοχοοῦντεσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ προσοδιακοὶ χοροὶ καὶ ἰθύφαλλοι μετ’ ὀρχήσεωσ καὶ ᾠδῆσ ἀπήντων αὐτῷ καὶ ἐφιστάμενοι κατὰ τοὺσ ὄχλουσ ᾖδον ὀρχούμενοι καὶ ἐπᾴδοντεσ ὡσ εἰή μόνοσ θεὸσ ἀληθινόσ, οἱ δ’ ἄλλοι καθεύδουσιν ἢ ἀποδημοῦσιν ἢ οὐκ εἰσίν, γεγονὼσ δ’ εἰή ἐκ Ποσειδῶνοσ καὶ Ἀφροδίτησ, τῷ δὲ κάλλει διάφοροσ καὶ τῇ πρὸσ πάντασ φιλανθρωπίᾳ κοινόσ, δεόμενοι δὲ αὐτοῦ ἱκέτευον, φησί, καὶ προσηύχοντο. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 62 3:1)
- Δοῦρισ δ’ ὁ Σάμιοσ ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ καὶ εἰκοστῇ τῶν ἱστοριῶν καὶ αὐτὸν τὸν ἰθύφαλλον· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 632)
- "ὕστερον δὲ ἰάμβοι ὠνομάσθησαν αὐτοί τε καὶ τὰ ποιήματα αὐτῶν, οἱ δὲ ἰθύφαλλοι, φησί, καλούμενοι προσωπεῖον μεθυόντων ἔχουσιν καὶ ἐστεφάνωνται, χειρῖδασ ἀνθινὰσ ἔχοντεσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 162)
- μνημονεύει αὐτοῦ Θεοκλῆσ ἐν Ἰθυφάλλοισ οὕτωσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 97 3:2)
Synonyms
-
the one who danced in such a dance
