Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

Examples

  • ἢν δὲ Θηβαίων πόλισ ὀργῇ σὺν ὅπλοισ ἐξ ὄρουσ βάκχασ ἄγειν ζητῇ, ξυνάψω μαινάσι στρατηλατῶν. (Euripides, episode 5:4)
  • ἃσ δ’ αὖ σὺ βάκχασ εἱρ͂ξασ, ἃσ συνήρπασασ κἄδησασ ἐν δεσμοῖσι πανδήμου στέγησ, φροῦδαί γ’ ἐκεῖναι λελυμέναι πρὸσ ὀργάδασ σκιρτῶσι Βρόμιον ἀνακαλούμεναι θεόν· (Euripides, episode 1:1)
  • βάκχασ ποτνιάδασ εἰσιδών, αἳ τῆσδε γῆσ οἴστροισι λευκὸν κῶλον ἐξηκόντισαν, ἥκω φράσαι σοὶ καὶ πόλει χρῄζων, ἄναξ, ὡσ δεινὰ δρῶσι θαυμάτων τε κρείσσονα. (Euripides, episode, trochees 2:23)
  • Βρόμιοσ οὐκ ἀνέξεται κινοῦντα βάκχασ <σ’> εὐίων ὀρῶν ἄπο. (Euripides, episode, trochees 10:10)
  • πᾶν κρεῖσσον ὥστε μὴ ’γγελᾶν βάκχασ ἐμοί. (Euripides, episode, trochees 11:41)

Synonyms

  1. Bacchus

  2. wine

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

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