βακχεία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Βάκχος (Bákkhos, “Bacchus”) + -είᾱ (-eíā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bakʰ.kʰěː.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /bakˈkʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βakˈçi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vakˈçi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vakˈçi.a/
Noun
βᾰκχείᾱ • (bakkheíā) f (genitive βᾰκχείᾱς); first declension
- Bacchic frenzy, revelry
- (in the plural) Bacchic orgies
Declension
First declension of ἡ βᾰκχείᾱ; τῆς βᾰκχείᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ βᾰκχείᾱ hē bakkheíā | τὼ βᾰκχείᾱ tṑ bakkheíā | αἱ βᾰκχεῖαι hai bakkheîai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς βᾰκχείᾱς tês bakkheíās | τοῖν βᾰκχείαιν toîn bakkheíain | τῶν βᾰκχειῶν tôn bakkheiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ βᾰκχείᾳ têi bakkheíāi | τοῖν βᾰκχείαιν toîn bakkheíain | ταῖς βᾰκχείαις taîs bakkheíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν βᾰκχείᾱν tḕn bakkheíān | τὼ βᾰκχείᾱ tṑ bakkheíā | τᾱ̀ς βᾰκχείᾱς tā̀s bakkheíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | βᾰκχείᾱ bakkheíā | βᾰκχείᾱ bakkheíā | βᾰκχεῖαι bakkheîai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “βακχεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βακχεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βακχεία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)