bacchius, bacchii:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Poetry
metrical foot of three syllables, either long-long-short or short-long-long;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | bacchius | bacchii |
| Gen. | bacchii | bacchiorum |
| Dat. | bacchio | bacchiis |
| Acc. | bacchium | bacchios |
| Voc. | bacchie | bacchii |
| Abl. | bacchio | bacchiis |
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...praeponitur: "isdem in armis fui". cum spondius, et bacchius: sic enim fiet ultimus dochmius: "in armis..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...pugnat, uti non conpositum melius cum Bitho Bacchius. in ius acres procurrunt, magnum spectaculum uterque. Persius exponit causam..."