bacchantum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →bacchans, bacchantis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
votaries (pl.) of Bacchus, Bacchantes;
gen. pl.
Examples
Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...oculos removere profanos. diffugiunt iussi; passis Medea capillis bacchantum ritu flagrantis circuit aras multifidasque faces in fossa sanguinis..."Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...electus facienda ad sacra Cithaeron cantibus et clara bacchantum voce sonabat. ut fremit acer equus, cum bellicus aere..."