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

  • Καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦδε ἦν οἶστροσ ἄλογόσ τε καὶ μανιώδησ, οἱο͂ν ἐν τοῖσ βακχείοισ πάθεσί φασι τὰσ μαινάδασ ἀλλόκοτα καινουργεῖν. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 13 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. a Bacchic revelry

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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