Bacchus

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbækəs/

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• Rhymes: -ækəs

Proper noun

Bacchus

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

Derived terms

• Bacchic
• bacchian
• Bacchus-like
• Bacchus Marsh

Related terms

• bacchanal
• Bacchanalia

Translations

the Roman god of wine

• Armenian: Բաքոս (hy) (Bakʿos)
• Catalan: Bacus m
• Czech: Bakchus m
• Esperanto: Bakĥo
• Faroese: Bakkus m
• Franco-Provençal: Baccho m
• French: Bacchus (fr) m
• Greek: Βάκχος (el) m (Vákchos)

  Ancient Greek: Βάκχος m (Bákkhos)

• Hungarian: Bacchus (hu)
• Icelandic: Bakkus m
• Italian: Bacco (it) m
• Japanese: バックス (Bakkusu), バッコス (Bakkosu)
• Korean: 바쿠스 (Bakuseu)
• Macedonian: Бах m (Bah), Бахус m (Bahus)
• Polish: Bachus (pl) m
• Portuguese: Baco (pt) m
• Russian: Вакх (ru) m (Vakx), Ба́хус (ru) m (Báxus)
• Serbo-Croatian: Бахус m (Bahus), Бакхо m (Bakho)
• Spanish: Baco (es) m
• Turkish: Diyonisos

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbak.kʰus/, [ˈbäkːʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbak.kus/, [ˈbäkːus]

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.

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 (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.