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Bacchus

Bac′chus

,

Noun.

[L., fr. Gr.

Βάκχος

.]

(Myth.)

The god of wine, son of

Jupiter

and

Semele

.

Definition 2024

Bacchus

Bacchus

English

Proper noun

Bacchus

(Roman mythology) The Roman name for Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and vivid social gatherings.

Derived terms

Translations

the Roman god of wine

Armenian: Բաքոս ‎(Bakʿos)
Catalan: Bacus m
Faroese: Bakkus m
Hungarian: Bacchus (hu)
Icelandic: Bakkus m

Russian: Вакх (ru) m ‎(Vakx), Ба́хус (ru) m ‎(Báxus)
Serbo-Croatian: Бахус m ‎(Bahus), Бакхо m ‎(Bakho)
Spanish: Baco (es) m
Turkish: Diyonisos

Related terms

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βάκχος ‎(Bákkhos)

Proper noun

Bacchus m ‎(genitive Bacchī); second declension

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Bacchus	Bacchī
genitive	Bacchī	Bacchōrum
dative	Bacchō	Bacchīs
accusative	Bacchum	Bacchōs
ablative	Bacchō	Bacchīs
vocative	Bacche	Bacchī

References

Bacchus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Bacchus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Bacchus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.