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Βακχεύς

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Βακχεύς

Structure: Βακχευ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: = Ba/kxos, Soph., Eur.

Sense

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • μάκαρ ὦ Πιερία, σέβεταί σ’ Εὐιόσ, ἥξει τε χορεύσων ἅμα βακχεύ‐ μασι, τόν τ’ ὠκυρόαν διαβὰσ Ἀξιὸν εἱλισ‐ σομένασ Μαινάδασ ἄξει, Λυδίαν πατέρα τε, τὸν τᾶσ εὐδαιμονίασ βροτοῖσ ὀλβοδόταν, τὸν ἔκλυον εὐίππον χώραν ὕδασιν καλλίστοισι λιπαίνειν. (Euripides, choral, epode3)
  • οὐκέτι γὰρ στυγέω, Βακχεῦ φίλε, τὸν θιασώταν τὸν τεόν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 1562)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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