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 ==== bacchanal Bacchanalia ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbak.kʰʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbak.kus] === Proper noun === Bacchus m (genitive Bacchī); second declension (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Bacchus wine the vine ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== 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.