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θρίαμβος

θρίαμβος, a hymn to Bacchus; a Roman triumph

θρίαμβος [ῐ], ὁ,
  • hymn to Dionysus, sung in festal processions to his honour, Cratin. 36.
      • 2 epith. of Dionysus, Trag.Adesp. 140, D.S. 4.5, Ath. 1.30b, Plu. Marc. 22, Arr. An. 6.28.2.
      • 3 metaph., scandal, δεδιὼς τὸν ἐκ λόγων θ. Conon 31.1.
    • II = Lat. triumphus (which is borrowed fr. θ. through Etruscan), Plb. 6.15.8, D.S. 12.64, Mon. Anc.Gr. 2.20, SIG 804.9 (Cos, i A.D.), Plu. Publ. 20, etc.; ὁ μέγας θ. the triumph, opp. ὁ ἐλάττων θ. ovatio, Id. Marc. 22, cf. D.H. 8.67; ὁ πεζὸς θ., = ovatio, Id. 9.36. (For the termination perh. cf. ἴαμβος, διθύραμβος, but the origin of θρι- is unknown.)

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