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Latin
Etymology
Substantivisation of the neuter plural of Sabāzius, an epithet of Bacchus and Jupiter, itself from Ancient Greek Σαβάζιος (Sabázios), from Phrygian.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sabāzia n pl (genitive Sabāziōrum); second declension
- worship of and festivals in celebration of Bacchus or Jupiter
- Synonym: Abazea
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.
References
- Sabazia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Saba'zius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray