Bacchus

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Etymology

From the Latin Bacchus, from the Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bacchus

  1. (Roman mythology) Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and vivid social gatherings.

Derived terms

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bacchus m (genitive Bacchī); second declension

  1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Bacchus
  2. wine
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.214–215:
      Tum vīctū revocant vīrēs, fūsīque per herbam
      implentur veteris Bacchī pinguisque ferīnae.
      Then they restore their strength with the provisions, and, stretched on the grass, they fill up on old wine and fat venison.
  3. the vine

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative Bacchus Bacchī
genitive Bacchī Bacchōrum
dative Bacchō Bacchīs
accusative Bacchum Bacchōs
ablative Bacchō Bacchīs
vocative Bacche Bacchī

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: Bacchus (learned)
  • French: Bacchus (learned)
  • Italian: Bacco, bacco (learned)
  • Portuguese: Baco (learned)
  • Spanish: Baco (learned)

References

Bacchus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

  • Bacchus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Bacchus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.