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Βάκχος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: Βάκχος Βάκχη Βάκχον

Structure: Βακχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: The Root seems to be VAX, so that Ba/kxos represents va/kxos; and I)/akxos is for vi/vakxos; prob. from i)a/xw, viva/xw, to shout

Sense

  1. Bacchus
  2. wine
  3. a Bacchanal, any one inspired, frantic

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative Βάκχος Βά́κχη Βάκχον
Genitive Βάκχου Βά́κχης Βάκχου
Dative Βάκχῳ Βά́κχῃ Βάκχῳ
Accusative Βάκχον Βά́κχην Βάκχον
Vocative Βάκχε Βά́κχη Βάκχον
DualN/A/V Βάκχω Βά́κχᾱ Βάκχω
G/D Βάκχοιν Βά́κχαιν Βάκχοιν
PluralNominative Βάκχοι Βά́κχαι Βάκχα
Genitive Βάκχων Βάκχῶν Βάκχων
Dative Βάκχοις Βά́κχαις Βάκχοις
Accusative Βάκχους Βά́κχᾱς Βάκχα
Vocative Βάκχοι Βά́κχαι Βάκχα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective Βάκχος Βάκχου Βακχότερος Βακχοτέρου Βακχότατος Βακχοτάτου
Adverb Βάκχως Βακχότερον Βακχότατα

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

  • ἴτε βάκχαι, ἴτε βάκχαι, Βρόμιον παῖδα θεὸν θεοῦ Διόνυσον κατάγουσαι Φρυγίων ἐξ ὀρέων Ἑλ‐ λάδοσ εἰσ εὐρυχόρουσ ἀ‐ γυιάσ, τὸν Βρόμιον· (Euripides, choral, strophe 12)
  • Ὦ ἴτε βάκχαι, ὦ ἴτε βάκχαι, Τμώλου χρυσορόου χλιδᾷ μέλπετε τὸν Διόνυσον βαρυβρόμων ὑπὸ τυμπάνων, εὐιά τὸν εὐιόν ἀγαλλόμεναι θεὸν ἐν Φρυγίαισι βοαῖσ ἐνοπαῖσί τε, λωτὸσ ὅταν εὐκέλαδοσ ἱερὸσ ἱερὰ παίγματα βρέμῃ, σύνοχα φοιτάσιν εἰσ ὄροσ εἰσ ὄροσ· (Euripides, choral, epode5)
  • ἰώ, κλύετ’ ἐμᾶσ κλύετ’ αὐδᾶσ, ἰὼ βάκχαι, ἰὼ βάκχαι. (Euripides, episode, lyric1)

Synonyms

  1. Bacchus

  2. wine

Related

Similar forms

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

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