dithyrambn.

/ˈdɪθɪramb/

Etymology: < Latin dīthyrambus, < Greek διθύραμβος (origin unknown). In French dithyrambe. Also used in the Latin form.

a. Ancient Greek History. A Greek choric hymn, originally in honour of Dionysus or Bacchus, vehement and wild in character; a Bacchanalian song.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > Greek Bacchanalian song

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > poem to be sung > dithyramb

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1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1358 According as Aeschylus saith: The Dithyrambe with clamours dissonant Sorts well with Bacchus.

1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxix. 118 The primitive Dithyrambus was a round choric dance and song in honour of Dionysus.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets v. 118 The Dithyramb never lost the tempestuous and enthusiastic character of Bacchic revelry.

b. transferred. A metrical composition having characteristics similar to this.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > other types of poem > [noun] > passionate poem

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1656 S. Holland Don Zara iii. iii. 152 The Musick having charmed their sences with a Celestiall Dyrathamb [sic].

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Modern Writers, have composed Latin Pieces of all Kinds of Verse indifferently,..without any Order, or Distribution into Strophes, and call 'em Dithyrambi.]

1859 A. A. Bonar in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1870) I. Ps. vii. (heading) Ewald suggests, that it [Shiggaion] might be rendered ‘a confused ode’, a Dithyramb.

1860 G. J. Adler tr. C. C. Fauriel Hist. Provençal Poetry i. 8 Martial dithyrambs, full of ardor and highmindedness.

c. A speech or writing in vehement or inflated style.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [noun] > flow of impassioned language

strain1649

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dithyramb1863

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xix. 226 What dithyrambs he went into about eating and drinking!

1863 Sat. Rev. 153 M. Victor Hugo, in Les Misérables, has poured forth a rhapsody, or dithyramb, or whatever, under a classical name, expresses exaggerated and inflated nonsense.

1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 4 Mr. Carlyle..has reproduced in stirring and resplendent dithyrambs the fire and passion..of the French Revolution.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	dithyramb
释义	dithyrambn. /ˈdɪθɪramb/ Etymology: < Latin dīthyrambus, < Greek διθύραμβος (origin unknown). In French dithyrambe. Also used in the Latin form. a. Ancient Greek History. A Greek choric hymn, originally in honour of Dionysus or Bacchus, vehement and wild in character; a Bacchanalian song. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > Greek Bacchanalian song dithyramb1603 dithyrambic1646 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > poem to be sung > dithyramb dithyramb1603 dithyrambic1646 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1358 According as Aeschylus saith: The Dithyrambe with clamours dissonant Sorts well with Bacchus. 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxix. 118 The primitive Dithyrambus was a round choric dance and song in honour of Dionysus. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets v. 118 The Dithyramb never lost the tempestuous and enthusiastic character of Bacchic revelry. b. transferred. A metrical composition having characteristics similar to this. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > other types of poem > [noun] > passionate poem passion1568 dithyramb1656 1656 S. Holland Don Zara iii. iii. 152 The Musick having charmed their sences with a Celestiall Dyrathamb [sic]. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Modern Writers, have composed Latin Pieces of all Kinds of Verse indifferently,..without any Order, or Distribution into Strophes, and call 'em Dithyrambi.] 1859 A. A. Bonar in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1870) I. Ps. vii. (heading) Ewald suggests, that it [Shiggaion] might be rendered ‘a confused ode’, a Dithyramb. 1860 G. J. Adler tr. C. C. Fauriel Hist. Provençal Poetry i. 8 Martial dithyrambs, full of ardor and highmindedness. c. A speech or writing in vehement or inflated style. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [noun] > flow of impassioned language strain1649 dithyrambic1828 dithyramb1863 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xix. 226 What dithyrambs he went into about eating and drinking! 1863 Sat. Rev. 153 M. Victor Hugo, in Les Misérables, has poured forth a rhapsody, or dithyramb, or whatever, under a classical name, expresses exaggerated and inflated nonsense. 1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 4 Mr. Carlyle..has reproduced in stirring and resplendent dithyrambs the fire and passion..of the French Revolution. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1603
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