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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

  • Συρίασ δ’ ὡσ λιβάνου κα‐ πνὸν ὁ Βακχεὺσ ἀνέχων πυρσώδη φλόγα πεύκασ ἐκ νάρθηκοσ ἀίσσει δρόμῳ καὶ χοροῖσιν πλανάτασ ἐρεθίζων ἰαχαῖσ τ’ ἀναπάλλων, τρυφερόν <τε> πλόκαμον εἰσ αἰθέρα ῥίπτων. (Euripides, choral, epode3)
  • ‐ καὶ Βρόμιοσ ἄλλον ἀπολέμοι‐ σι κισσίνοισι βάκτροισ ἐναίρει Γᾶσ τέκνων ὁ Βακχεύσ. (Euripides, Ion, choral, strophe 29)
  • ἦ γὰρ συνήραξ’ οἶκον ἢ βάκχευσ’ ἐμόν; (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric 2:18)

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

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