Bacchus

English

Etymology

From the Latin Bacchus, from the Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbækəs/
Rhymes: -ækəs

Proper noun

Bacchus

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

the Roman god of wine

Armenian: Բաքոս (hy) (Bakʿos)
Catalan: Bacus m
Czech: Bakchus m
Esperanto: Bakĥo
Faroese: Bakkus m
Franco-Provençal: Baccho m
French: Bacchus (fr) m
Greek: Βάκχος (el) m (Vákchos)
Ancient Greek: Βάκχος m (Bákkhos)
Hungarian: Bacchus (hu)
Icelandic: Bakkus m
Italian: Bacco (it) m
Japanese: バックス (Bakkusu), バッコス (Bakkosu)
Korean: 바쿠스 (Bakuseu)
Macedonian: Бах m (Bah), Бахус m (Bahus)
Polish: Bachus (pl) m
Russian: Вакх (ru) m (Vakx), Ба́хус (ru) m (Báxus)
Serbo-Croatian: Бахус m (Bahus), Бакхо m (Bakho)
Spanish: Baco (es) m
Turkish: Diyonisos

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbak.kʰus/, [ˈbäkːʰʊs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbak.kus/, [ˈbäkːus]

Proper noun

Bacchus m (genitive Bacchī); second declension

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Bacchus
wine
the vine

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Bacchus	Bacchī
Genitive	Bacchī	Bacchōrum
Dative	Bacchō	Bacchīs
Accusative	Bacchum	Bacchōs
Ablative	Bacchō	Bacchīs
Vocative	Bacche	Bacchī

Derived terms

Bacchānal
Bacchānālis
bacchor

Descendants

→ English: Bacchus (learned)
→ French: Bacchus (learned)
→ Italian: Bacco, bacco (learned)
→ Portuguese: Baco (learned)
→ Spanish: Baco (learned)

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
Bacchus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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