διθύραμβος

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. of bombastic 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:—hence Διθυραμβογενής, AP 9.524. (Pi. is said to have written it λυθίραμβος (Fr. 85)—as if from λῦθι ῥάμμα, the cry of Bacchus when sewn up in his father's thigh.)