δῑθύραμβος[ῠ],ὁ,metapl. acc. sg.
A.
διθύραμβα
Pi. Fr. 86
:—dithyramb,
Archil. 77 , Epich. 132 , Hdt. 1.23 , Pi. O. 13.19 , Pherecr. 145.11 , Pl. Lg. 700b , Arist. Pol. 1342b7 , Pr. 918b18 , etc.; μιξοβόας δ.
A. Fr. 355
: metaph. ofbombastic language,
τοσουτονὶ δ. ᾄσας
Pl. Hp.Ma. 292c
; οὐκέτι πόρρω διθυράμβων φθέγγομαι
Id. Phdr. 238d
.
II. a name of Dionysus, E. Ba. 526 (lyr.), Philod.Scarph. 1 :—henceΔῐθυραμβογενής, AP 9.524 . ( Pi. is said to have written itλῡθίραμβος( Fr. 85 )—as if fromλῦθι ῥάμμα,the cry of Bacchus when sewn up in his father's thigh.)