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Latin
Etymology
Only attested once in the Satyricon, of uncertain origin and meaning.
Pronunciation
Noun
bacciballum n (genitive bacciballī); second declension
- (hapax, colloquial) a young and attractive woman
c. 27 CE – 66 CE,
Petronius,
Satyricon 61:
- Cum adhuc servirem, habitabamus in vico angusto; nunc Gavillae domus est. Ibi, quomodo dii volunt, amare coepi uxorem Terentii coponis: noveratis Melissam Tarentinam, pulcherrimum bacciballum. Sed ego non mehercules corporaliter aut propter res venerias curavi, sed magis quod benemoria fuit.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
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