Bacchanal

bacchanal English Adjective en bacchanal. German Pronunciation de De-Bacchanal.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de aːl 3 Noun n,,e:ien bacchanalia Declension n,,e:ien Latin Alternative forms la Bachānal Baccānal Bachīnal Baccīnal in codices la Bācānal acl Etymology Substantivation of apocopated la Bacchānāle, nominative neuter singular of la Bacchānālis pertaining to la Bacchus, perhaps from intermediary la *Bacchānus + la -ālis, from la Bacchus + la -ānus; see la -al. Pronunciation Bacchānal Noun Bacchānal<3> place devoted to Bacchus, where the Bacchanalia where celebrated 183 , CIL I2 581 3–6, in Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, volume I fascicle 2, Ernst Lommatzch & Theodor Mommsen (editors), Berlin, 1918, page 437: la NEIQVIS·EORVM·SACANAL·HABVISE·VELET·SEI·QVESESENT·QVEI·SIBEI·DEICERENT·NECESVS·ESE·BACANAL·HABERE·EEIS·VTEI·AD·PR·VRBANVMROMAM·VENIRENT·DEQVE·EEIS·REBVS·VBEI·EORVM·VER[B]A·AVDITA·ESENT·VTEI·SENATVSNOSTER·DECERNERET·DVM·NE·MINVS·SENATOR[I]BVS·C·ADESENT·QVOM·EA·RE·COSOLORETVR Let no one of them keep a lodge of Bacchus. If anybodysays that it's necessary for them to maintain a lodge of Bacchus, let them come to Rometo the urban prefect and, when his words regarding the affair have been heard, let oursenate decide, provided that no less than 100 senators are present when that matter is discussed. la in the plural la Bacchānālia Declension Bacchānal<3> Further reading