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Bacchus
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English
Etymology
en la Bacchus, from en grc Βάκχος.
Pronunciation
en /ˈbækəs/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bacchus.wav Southern England
en ækəs 2
Proper noun
en Roman god The Greco-Roman god of wine and vivid social gatherings.
en Liber Dionysus
Derived terms
en bacchian Bacchic Bacchus Marsh Bacchus-like Bacchuslike
Related terms
en bacchanal
en Bacchanalia
Translations
the Roman god of wine
Armenian: hy Բաքոս
Catalan: ca Bacus m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 巴克科斯 Bākèkēsī
Czech: cs Bakchus m
Danish: da Bacchus
Esperanto: eo Bakĥo
Faroese: fo Bakkus m
Franco-Provençal: frp Baccho m
French: fr Bacchus m
Middle French: frm Bacche m, frm Bacchus m learned
Greek: el Βάκχος m
Ancient Greek: grc Βάκχος m
Hungarian: hu Bacchus
Icelandic: is Bakkus m
Italian: it Bacco m
Japanese: ja バックス Bakkusu, ja バッコス Bakkosu
Korean: ko ^바쿠스
Macedonian: mk Бах m, mk Бахус m
Polish: pl Bachus m
Portuguese: pt Baco m
Russian: ru Вакх m, ru Ба́хус m
Serbo-Croatian: sh Бахус m Bahus, sh Бакхо m Bakho
Spanish: es Baco m
Turkish: tr Diyonisos
Latin
Etymology
la Bacchus :bor grc:Βάκχος + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bacchus<2.both>
la Greek god Roman god en Bacchus
wine
la Virgil Aeneid 1 214–215 Tum vīctū revocant vīrēs, fūsīque per herbamimplentur veteris Bacchī pinguisque ferīnae. Then they restore their strength with the provisions, and, stretched on the grass, they fill up on old wine and fat venison.
the vine
Declension
Bacchus<2.both>
Derived terms
la Bacchānal Bacchānālis bacchor
Related terms
la Bacchēus
Descendants
en Bacchus 1
it Bacco bacco 1
frm Bacche
frm Bacchus 1
pt Baco 1
es Baco 1
References
Bacchus bacchus1
la Wine
Middle French
Etymology
frm la Bacchus, from frm grc Βάκχος.
Proper noun
m
frm Bacche
frm 1538 Giovanni Boccaccio Bocace Des nobles maleureux folio v recto https://books.google.com/books?id=aL5lAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP25 Prognes par fainte leeſſe muſſa ſa douleur iuſques au iour que la feſte de Bacchꝰ vint Laquelle faiſoient en ce tẽps les fẽmes biſtonoiſes. Procne, feigning joy, concealed her grief until the day came for the feast of Bacchus, which the Bistonian women celebrated at that time.
Descendants
fr Bacchus