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
- P
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..." - P
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..."