Bacchus
English edit
Etymology edit
From the Latin Bacchus, from the Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Bacchus
Derived terms edit
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Translations edit
the Roman god of wine
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbak.kʰus/, [ˈbäkːʰʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbak.kus/, [ˈbäkːus]
Proper noun edit
Bacchus m (genitive Bacchī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | Bacchus | Bacchī |
Genitive | Bacchī | Bacchōrum |
Dative | Bacchō | Bacchīs |
Accusative | Bacchum | Bacchōs |
Ablative | Bacchō | Bacchīs |
Vocative | Bacche | Bacchī |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: Bacchus (learned)
- → French: Bacchus (learned)
- → Italian: Bacco, bacco (learned)
- → Portuguese: Baco (learned)
- → Spanish: Baco (learned)
References edit
“Bacchus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press