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

  • ἴθ’, ὦ Βάκχε, θηραγρευτᾷ βακχᾶν γελῶντι προσώπῳ περίβαλε βρόχον θανάσιμον ὑπ’ ἀγέλαν πεσόν‐ τι τὰν μαινάδων. (Euripides, choral, epode2)
  • "σοί, Βάκχε, τάνδε μοῦσαν ἀγλαίζομεν, ἁπλοῦν ῥυθμὸν χέοντεσ αἰόλῳ μέλει, καινάν, ἀπαρθένευτον, οὔ τι ταῖσ πάροσ κεχρημέναν ᾠδαῖσιν, ἀλλ’ ἀκήρατον κατάρχομεν τὸν ὕμνον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 167)
  • ὦ Βάκχε, χάλκεόν νιν ἀντ’ ἀλαθινοῦ τὶν ὧδ’ ἀνέθηκαν τοὶ Συρακόσσαισ ἐνίδρυνται πεδωρισταὶ πόλει, οἷ’ ἀνδρὶ πολίτᾳ· (Theocritus, Idylls2)
  • φύλασσε, Βάκχε, τὸν γέροντα, μὴ πέσῃ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 307 1:2)
  • ὡσ ἄδικον θεὸν εὑρ͂ον, ὁθείνεκεν αὐτὸσ ἐγὼ σέ, Βάκχε, φέρων ὑπὸ σοῦ τἄμπαλι παρφέρομαι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 263)

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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