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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

  • ποῖ πᾷ φέρομαι τέκν’ ἔρημα λιπὼν Βάκχαισ Αἵδου διαμοιρᾶσαι, σφακτά, κυσίν τε φοινίαν δαῖτ’ ἀνή‐ μερον τ’ οὐρείαν ἐκβολάν; (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, lyric 1:5)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ βάκχαισ, ἐσ Κιθαιρῶνοσ πτυχὰσ ἐλθὼν ἵν’ εἰσί, συμμετασχήσω χορῶν. (Euripides, episode 6:2)
  • ὅταν γε καλέσῃσ αὐτὸν ἐν βάκχαισ σταθείσ. (Euripides, episode 3:30)
  • ἡ σὴ δὲ μήτηρ ὠλόλυξεν ἐν μέσαισ σταθεῖσα βάκχαισ, ἐξ ὕπνου κινεῖν δέμασ, μυκήμαθ’ ὡσ ἤκουσε κεροφόρων βοῶν. (Euripides, episode, trochees 4:1)
  • ἀλλ’ αἷμα θήσεισ συμβαλὼν βάκχαισ μάχην. (Euripides, episode, trochees 11:34)

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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