Bacchus

Bacchus

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Bacchus

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

Derived terms

• Bacchic
• bacchian

Related terms

• bacchanal
• Bacchanalia

Translations

the Roman god of wine

Armenian: Բաքոս (hy) (Bakʿos) Catalan: Bacus m Czech: Bakchus m Faroese: Bakkus m Greek: Ancient Greek: Βάκχος m (Bákkhos)

Hungarian: Bacchus (hu) Icelandic: Bakkus m Russian: Вакх (ru) m (Vakx), Ба́хус (ru) m (Báxus) Serbo-Croatian: Бахус m (Bahus), Бакхо m (Bakho) Spanish: Baco (es) m Turkish: Diyonisos

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbak.kʰus/, [ˈbak.kʰʊs]

Proper noun

Bacchus m (genitive Bacchī); second declension

1. Bacchus
2. wine
3. the vine

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Bacchus	Bacchī
Genitive	Bacchī	Bacchōrum
Dative	Bacchō	Bacchīs
Accusative	Bacchum	Bacchōs
Ablative	Bacchō	Bacchīs
Vocative	Bacche	Bacchī

Derived terms

• Bacchānal
• Bacchānālis
• bacchor

Descendants

• English: Bacchus
• Italian: Bacco
• Portuguese: Baco
• Spanish: Baco

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