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Βάκχος

*bakchos · ὁ

Bacchus, wine, Bacchanal

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Where it lives

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  • Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
  • Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
  • Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
  • Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
  • Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
  • Phaedo 1 · 0.46/10k
  • Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k

What it meant — LSJ

Bacchus

Bacchus, name of Dionysus, first in S. OT 211 (lyr.), cf. E. Hipp. 560 (lyr.), al., Limen. 19, Theoc. Ep. 18.3, etc.

2

Ζεὺς Β. Epigr.Gr. 1035.22.

II wine

wine, E. IA 1061 (lyr.), etc.

III Bacchanal, any one inspired, frantic

Bacchanal, Heraclit. 14, E. Ba. 491: generally, any one inspired, frantic, Ἅιδου Βάκχος Id. HF 1119; πολλοὶ μὲν ναρθηκοφόροι, Β. δέ τε παῦροι Orph. Fr. 5.

2 branch

branch carried by initiates, Xenoph. 17.

IV grey mullet

a kind of grey mullet, Hices. ap. Ath. 7.306e; = ὀνίσκος II, Dorio ap. Ath. 3.118c, cf. Xenocr. 1.

V garland

garland, βάκχοισιν κεφαλὰς περιάνθεσιν ἐστέψαντο Nic. Fr. 130.

VI

= κλαυθμός (Phoenician), Hsch.

In the wild

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Where it came from

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