Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin *baccinum, either from bacca (vessel), probably of Gaulish origin, or directly from Gaulish *bakkinon (cup, wooden bowl).

Noun edit

bacchinon n (genitive bacchinī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) basin

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bacchinon bacchina
Genitive bacchinī bacchinōrum
Dative bacchinō bacchinīs
Accusative bacchinon bacchina
Ablative bacchinō bacchinīs
Vocative bacchinon bacchina

Related terms edit

References edit

  • Souter, Alexander (1949) “bacchinon”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.[1], 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 27