bacchanalia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Bacchanalis, Bacchanalis, Bacchanale:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
relating to Bacchus; Bacchanalian;
acc. pl. (n.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →Bacchanalium, Bacchanalii:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
festival/rites (pl.) of Bacchus; Bacchanalian orgy;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →Bacchanal, Bacchanalis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
festival/rites (pl.) of Bacchus; Bacchanalian orgy;; shrine/site where the rites of Bacchus were celebrated;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Satura II
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...aliquid de moribus audent qui Curios simulant et Bacchanalia uiuunt. indocti primum, quamquam plena omnia gypso Chrysippi inuenias..."Liber XXXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...sibi uinculo aliquo fieri cupiebat. uia una corruptelae Bacchanalia erant. mater adulescentem appellat: se pro aegro eo uouisse..."
