dionysius the elder

1. 1.

   the tyrant of Syracuse who fought the Carthaginians (430-367 BC)

   SynonymsDionysius

   Broadertyrant

Questions about dionysius the elder

What does dionysius the elder mean?

dionysius the elder means "the tyrant of Syracuse who fought the Carthaginians (430-367 BC)".

What is another word for dionysius the elder?

Close synonyms include Dionysius. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dionysius the elder a common word?

dionysius the elder is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.