A variant or Latinized form of dithyramb, referring to an ancient Greek choral song or any modern expression of wild enthusiasm.
A Latinized version of the Greek dithyrambos, formed when Roman scholars and writers adapted Greek terminology into Latin. The -us ending is a common Latin masculine singular ending used for Greek loanwords.
This Latinized form shows how Greek culture was so influential that Romans literally translated Greek terms into their own linguistic system. The Romans respected Greek art so much that they preserved these words even while Latinizing them!
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