Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Βάκχειος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Βάκχειος Βακχείᾱ Βάκχειον

Structure: Βακχει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Ba/kxos

Sense

  1. Bacchic, of or belonging to Bacchus and his rites
  2. (substantive), (in masculine) Bacchus
  3. (in feminine) a Bacchic revelry
  4. (in masculine) (elliptically for Βάχκειος πούς ‎(poús)) the bacchius, a metrical foot of three syllables (¯ ¯ ˘)

Examples

  • "ἐν ᾧ καιρῷ φροῦδα τὰ τῆσ ἡδονῆσ, λήγει δὲ Κύπρισ θαλίαι τε νέων, οὐδέ τι, θύρσοσ φύλλα Βακχείου· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 3, 18:15)

Synonyms

  1. a Bacchic revelry

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