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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

  • ὡσ θρασὺσ ὁ βάκχοσ κοὐκ ἀγύμναστοσ λόγων. (Euripides, episode 3:19)
  • ἐν δὲ τῷδε τῷ χρόνῳ ἀνετίναξ’ ἐλθὼν ὁ Βάκχοσ δῶμα καὶ μητρὸσ τάφῳ πῦρ ἀνῆψ’· (Euripides, episode, trochees4)
  • εἰ μηκέθ’ Αἵδου βάκχοσ εἶ, φράσαιμεν ἄν. (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric 1:29)
  • βάκχοσ εὔχυλοσ, πολύχυλοσ, εὔτροφοσ, τράγοσ οὐκ εὔχυλοσ, ἄπεπτοσ, βρωμώδησ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 52 3:2)
  • Σκόπασ τίσ δ’ ἐξέμηνε, Βάκχοσ, ἢ Σκόπασ; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 604)

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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