Dith'y-rām'b or Dith'y-rām'bus, n.

n. [Fr. dithyrambe, Lat. dithyrambus, Gr. διθύραμβος, a kind of lyric poetry in honor of Bacchus, and said to be named from his double birth. Cf. Gr. θρίαμβος, a hymn to Bacchus, hence as a name for Bacchus, and ἀθύρειν, to play on an instrument, to sing.] An ancient Greek hymn in honor of Bacchus, usually sung by a band of revelers to a flute accompaniment.