The corpus record

ἐκβακχ-εύω

ekbakcheuo

excite to Bacchic frenzy

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Where it lives

Trojan Women 2 · 2.83/10k
Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

ἐκβακχ-εύω · ekbakch-euō — LSJ

excite to Bacchic frenzy, cause to rage, to be filled with Bacchic frenzy

excite to Bacchic frenzy, φρένας E. Tr. 408, cf. Pl. Phdr. 245a ; τὰς σοφιστικὰς ὑποθέσεις Philostr. VS 2.10.4 ; cause to rage with anger, Phld. Ir. p.63 W.:—Pass., to be filled with Bacchic frenzy, πᾶσα δʼ ἐξεβακχεύθη πόλις E. Ba. 1295, cf. Pl. R. 561a, Hdn. 5.8.1, etc. ; ἔρωτι Aristaenet. 1.16 ; ὑπὸ τοῦ ἔρωτος Max.Tyr. 24.9 [18.9.i] :—Med., E. Supp. 1001 (lyr.) :— intr. in Act., Alex. 141.13 ; of anger, Phld. Ir. p.35 W.

In the wild

ἐξεβακχεύθη · exebakcheuthē Euripides, Bacchae 1295
ἐκβακχευσαμένα · ekbakcheusamena Euripides, Suppliants 1.1000 (DIORISIS sentence 576)
ἐκβακχεύουσαν · ekbakcheuousan Euripides, Trojan Women 1 (DIORISIS sentence 84)
ἐξεβάκχευεν · exebakcheuen Euripides, Trojan Women (DIORISIS sentence 220)
ἐκβακχεύουσα · ekbakcheuousa Plato, Phaedrus 245 (DIORISIS sentence 354)
ἐκβακχευθῇ · ekbakcheuthēi Plato, Republic 8.561 (DIORISIS sentence 5083)

Where it came from

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