According to a scholium of Aeschylus, the word is from Lydian, whereas Furnée argues for a Pre-Greek origin.
βάκκᾰρῐς • (bákkaris) f (genitive βᾰκκάρῐδος); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ βᾰ́κκᾰρῐς hē bákkaris |
τὼ βᾰκκᾰ́ρῐδε tṑ bakkáride |
αἱ βᾰκκᾰ́ρῐδες hai bakkárides | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς βᾰκκᾰ́ρῐδος tês bakkáridos |
τοῖν βᾰκκᾰρῐ́δοιν toîn bakkarídoin |
τῶν βᾰκκᾰρῐ́δων tôn bakkarídōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ βᾰκκᾰ́ρῐδῐ têi bakkáridi |
τοῖν βᾰκκᾰρῐ́δοιν toîn bakkarídoin |
ταῖς βᾰκκᾰ́ρῐσῐ / βᾰκκᾰ́ρῐσῐν taîs bakkárisi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν βᾰκκᾰ́ρῐδᾰ tḕn bakkárida |
τὼ βᾰκκᾰ́ρῐδε tṑ bakkáride |
τᾱ̀ς βᾰκκᾰ́ρῐδᾰς tā̀s bakkáridas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βᾰ́κκᾰρῐς bákkaris |
βᾰκκᾰ́ρῐδε bakkáride |
βᾰκκᾰ́ρῐδες bakkárides | ||||||||||
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