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1 bacchantes
I.Lit., to celebrate the festival of Bacchus:B.Baccha bacchans,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:saxea ut effigies bacchantis prospicit Evoe,
i. e. which cries Evoe in the orgies, Cat. 64, 61; 64, 255:cum aliquo,
Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 8.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: bacchan-tes, um, f., Bacchae, the Bacchantes: passis Medea capillis Bacchantum ritu, Ov.M. 7, 258; 3, 703; Curt. 8, 10, 15; gen. Bacchantium, id. 9, 10, 24.—Pass. (as in later Gr. bakcheuesthai, bakcheuthênai) of the place in which the orgies of Bacchus were celebrated:II.virginibus bacchata Lacaenis Taygeta,
Verg. G. 2, 487 Heyn.:bacchata jugis Naxos,
id. A. 3, 125:Dindyma sanguineis famulum bacchata lacertis,
Val. Fl. 3, 20: ita obsoletum sono furenter ab omni parti bacchatur nemus, Santra ap. Non. p. 78, 28:ululatibus Ide bacchatur,
Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 206.—Transf., in gen., to revel, rave, rant, like the Bacchœ (of every species of mental excitement, love, hatred, joy, etc.; mostly poet. and in more elevated prose):B. 1.quibus gaudiis exsultabis? quantā in voluptate bacchabere?
Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26:furor in vestrā caede bacchantis,
id. ib. 4, 6, 11; id. Har. Resp. 18, 39:non ego sanius Bacchabor Edonis,
Hor. C. 2, 7, 26; Col. poët. 10, 198; * Suet. Calig. 56; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 213; id. VI. Cons. Hon. 192.—Of murderous fury:tantā in illos caede bacchati sunt,
Vulg. Judic. 20, 25.—So of poet. inspiration, Stat. S. 1, 2, 258;and with carmen as object: grande Sophocleo carmen bacchamur hiatu,
Juv. 6, 636; cf.:furebant Euhoe bacchantes,
raving to the cry of Euhoe, Cat. 64, 255; 64, 61.—Also, to go or run about in a wanton, wild, raving, or furious manner: animans Omne, quod in magnis bacchatur montibu' passim, * Lucr. 5, 822:saevit inops animi, totamque incensa per urbem Bacchatur,
Verg. A. 4, 301 ( = discursitat, Heyne):immanis in antro Bacchatur vates,
raves, is inspired, id. ib. 6, 78;7, 385: infelix virgo totā bacchatur in urbe,
id. Cir. 166.—Hence,So of a vessel of wine that is filled very often:2.ubi bacchabatur aula, casabant cadi,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 41 Lorenz ad loc.—Of winds:3.Thracio bacchante magis sub interlunia vento,
Hor. C. 1, 25, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 29.—Of violent rain, Val. Fl. 6, 632.—Of a rumor: concussam bacchatur fama per urbem, spreads rapidly, Verg A. 4, 666.—4.Of enthusiastic, raging discourse:quod eos, quorum altior oratio actioque esset ardentior furere et bacchari arbitraretur,
Cic. Brut. 80, 276:vitiosum dicendi genus, quod inanibus locis bacchatur, etc.,
Quint. 12, 10, 73. -
2 bacchantes
n. f. pl. 'Tash', whiskers, moustache. (The type referred to here is the long, drooping moustache. The stage production Ah, les belles bacchantes! has kept this dated word in the public eye.) -
3 bacchor
I.Lit., to celebrate the festival of Bacchus:B.Baccha bacchans,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:saxea ut effigies bacchantis prospicit Evoe,
i. e. which cries Evoe in the orgies, Cat. 64, 61; 64, 255:cum aliquo,
Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 8.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: bacchan-tes, um, f., Bacchae, the Bacchantes: passis Medea capillis Bacchantum ritu, Ov.M. 7, 258; 3, 703; Curt. 8, 10, 15; gen. Bacchantium, id. 9, 10, 24.—Pass. (as in later Gr. bakcheuesthai, bakcheuthênai) of the place in which the orgies of Bacchus were celebrated:II.virginibus bacchata Lacaenis Taygeta,
Verg. G. 2, 487 Heyn.:bacchata jugis Naxos,
id. A. 3, 125:Dindyma sanguineis famulum bacchata lacertis,
Val. Fl. 3, 20: ita obsoletum sono furenter ab omni parti bacchatur nemus, Santra ap. Non. p. 78, 28:ululatibus Ide bacchatur,
Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 206.—Transf., in gen., to revel, rave, rant, like the Bacchœ (of every species of mental excitement, love, hatred, joy, etc.; mostly poet. and in more elevated prose):B. 1.quibus gaudiis exsultabis? quantā in voluptate bacchabere?
Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26:furor in vestrā caede bacchantis,
id. ib. 4, 6, 11; id. Har. Resp. 18, 39:non ego sanius Bacchabor Edonis,
Hor. C. 2, 7, 26; Col. poët. 10, 198; * Suet. Calig. 56; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 213; id. VI. Cons. Hon. 192.—Of murderous fury:tantā in illos caede bacchati sunt,
Vulg. Judic. 20, 25.—So of poet. inspiration, Stat. S. 1, 2, 258;and with carmen as object: grande Sophocleo carmen bacchamur hiatu,
Juv. 6, 636; cf.:furebant Euhoe bacchantes,
raving to the cry of Euhoe, Cat. 64, 255; 64, 61.—Also, to go or run about in a wanton, wild, raving, or furious manner: animans Omne, quod in magnis bacchatur montibu' passim, * Lucr. 5, 822:saevit inops animi, totamque incensa per urbem Bacchatur,
Verg. A. 4, 301 ( = discursitat, Heyne):immanis in antro Bacchatur vates,
raves, is inspired, id. ib. 6, 78;7, 385: infelix virgo totā bacchatur in urbe,
id. Cir. 166.—Hence,So of a vessel of wine that is filled very often:2.ubi bacchabatur aula, casabant cadi,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 41 Lorenz ad loc.—Of winds:3.Thracio bacchante magis sub interlunia vento,
Hor. C. 1, 25, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 29.—Of violent rain, Val. Fl. 6, 632.—Of a rumor: concussam bacchatur fama per urbem, spreads rapidly, Verg A. 4, 666.—4.Of enthusiastic, raging discourse:quod eos, quorum altior oratio actioque esset ardentior furere et bacchari arbitraretur,
Cic. Brut. 80, 276:vitiosum dicendi genus, quod inanibus locis bacchatur, etc.,
Quint. 12, 10, 73. -
4 baccanal
Bacchānal (old orthog. Bacānal, v. S. C. Bacch. A. V. C. 568, Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 172: baccānal, Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 3), ālis, n. [from Bacchus, like Fagutal, Frutinal, Lupercal, etc.; v. App. 1 to the Pref.], a place devoted to Bacchus, the place where the festivals of Bacchus were celebrated:II.NE QVIS EORVM BACANAL HABVISE VELET, S. C. Bacch. v. 4: EA BACANALIA... IN DIEBVS X... FACIATIS VTEI DISMOTA SIENT,
ib. v. 28:ad Baccas veni in Baccanal,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 3:aperire,
id. ib. 8:Bacchanalia,
Liv. 39, 18, 7.—Transf., in the plur.: Bacchānālia, ium ( gen. sometimes Bacchananorum, Sall. H. 3, 79 Dietsch; Firm. Mat. Err. Prof. Relig. 6, 9), a feast of Bacchus, the orgies of Bacchus (diff. from the Roman festival of Liber; v. Liberalia); celebrated once in three years, at night, and in the most tumultuous and licentious manner (cf. Smith, Antiq.); hence, prohibited in Rome, A.U.C. 568, B.C. 186, by a decree of the Senate, Senatusconsultum de Bacchanalibus, which is yet preserved (v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 172 sq.); Liv. 39, 9, 3; 39, 12, 4; 39, 16, 10; 39, 18, 7 sq.; 39, 41, 6; Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37; Tac. H. 2, 68.—Rarely in sing.:Bacchanal facere,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 43 Lorenz ad loc.; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 20; so, exercere, id Suppos Amph Tun' me mactes? v. 12: habere, in the abovementioned S. C.— Poet.:Bacchanalia vivere,
to live in the manner of the Bacchantes, to live riotously and wantonly, Juv. 2, 3. -
5 Bacchanal
Bacchānal (old orthog. Bacānal, v. S. C. Bacch. A. V. C. 568, Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 172: baccānal, Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 3), ālis, n. [from Bacchus, like Fagutal, Frutinal, Lupercal, etc.; v. App. 1 to the Pref.], a place devoted to Bacchus, the place where the festivals of Bacchus were celebrated:II.NE QVIS EORVM BACANAL HABVISE VELET, S. C. Bacch. v. 4: EA BACANALIA... IN DIEBVS X... FACIATIS VTEI DISMOTA SIENT,
ib. v. 28:ad Baccas veni in Baccanal,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 3:aperire,
id. ib. 8:Bacchanalia,
Liv. 39, 18, 7.—Transf., in the plur.: Bacchānālia, ium ( gen. sometimes Bacchananorum, Sall. H. 3, 79 Dietsch; Firm. Mat. Err. Prof. Relig. 6, 9), a feast of Bacchus, the orgies of Bacchus (diff. from the Roman festival of Liber; v. Liberalia); celebrated once in three years, at night, and in the most tumultuous and licentious manner (cf. Smith, Antiq.); hence, prohibited in Rome, A.U.C. 568, B.C. 186, by a decree of the Senate, Senatusconsultum de Bacchanalibus, which is yet preserved (v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 172 sq.); Liv. 39, 9, 3; 39, 12, 4; 39, 16, 10; 39, 18, 7 sq.; 39, 41, 6; Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37; Tac. H. 2, 68.—Rarely in sing.:Bacchanal facere,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 43 Lorenz ad loc.; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 20; so, exercere, id Suppos Amph Tun' me mactes? v. 12: habere, in the abovementioned S. C.— Poet.:Bacchanalia vivere,
to live in the manner of the Bacchantes, to live riotously and wantonly, Juv. 2, 3. -
6 Bacchanalia
Bacchānal (old orthog. Bacānal, v. S. C. Bacch. A. V. C. 568, Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 172: baccānal, Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 3), ālis, n. [from Bacchus, like Fagutal, Frutinal, Lupercal, etc.; v. App. 1 to the Pref.], a place devoted to Bacchus, the place where the festivals of Bacchus were celebrated:II.NE QVIS EORVM BACANAL HABVISE VELET, S. C. Bacch. v. 4: EA BACANALIA... IN DIEBVS X... FACIATIS VTEI DISMOTA SIENT,
ib. v. 28:ad Baccas veni in Baccanal,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 3:aperire,
id. ib. 8:Bacchanalia,
Liv. 39, 18, 7.—Transf., in the plur.: Bacchānālia, ium ( gen. sometimes Bacchananorum, Sall. H. 3, 79 Dietsch; Firm. Mat. Err. Prof. Relig. 6, 9), a feast of Bacchus, the orgies of Bacchus (diff. from the Roman festival of Liber; v. Liberalia); celebrated once in three years, at night, and in the most tumultuous and licentious manner (cf. Smith, Antiq.); hence, prohibited in Rome, A.U.C. 568, B.C. 186, by a decree of the Senate, Senatusconsultum de Bacchanalibus, which is yet preserved (v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 172 sq.); Liv. 39, 9, 3; 39, 12, 4; 39, 16, 10; 39, 18, 7 sq.; 39, 41, 6; Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37; Tac. H. 2, 68.—Rarely in sing.:Bacchanal facere,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 43 Lorenz ad loc.; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 20; so, exercere, id Suppos Amph Tun' me mactes? v. 12: habere, in the abovementioned S. C.— Poet.:Bacchanalia vivere,
to live in the manner of the Bacchantes, to live riotously and wantonly, Juv. 2, 3. -
7 οἴστρος
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `gadfly, Tabanus bovinus' (χ 300, A., Arist.), also of a water-insect and a bird (Arist. perh. Sylvia trochilus; cf. Whitfield ClassRev. 69, 12f.), `sting, prick' (S., E.), `rage, madness, fierce desire' (Hdt., Pl., S., E.).Compounds: Compp., e.g. οἰστρο-πλήξ, - γος `stung by a gadly, driven by anger' (trag., of Io, also of the Bacchantes).Derivatives: οἰστρ-ώδης `enraged' (Pl., Epicur.), - ήεις `full of sting, stinging, stung' (Opp., Nonn.; cf. Schwyzer 527), - ηδόν `with rage' (Opp.); οἰστρ-άω (on the formation Schwyzer 731), also - έω (Theoc., Luc., Jul.), - ῆσαι (trag., Pl., Arist.), also with ἀν-, ἐξ-, παρ-, δι-, `to rouse; to rage, to roar' with οἴστρ-ημα n. `sting' (S., AP), ( παρ-)-ησις f. `rage, passion' ( Corp. Herm., PMag. Par.); backformation πάροιστρος `enraged, mad' (Simp.).Etymology: In the barytonesis agreeing with κέστρος, χύτρος a. o. (cf. Schwyzer 531 f.) οἶσ-τρος must orig. be a nom. instr. or -- what amounts to the same thing -- a nom. agentis. If, as seems probable, cognate with οἶμα (\< *οἶσ-μα) and like this derived from a verb `put in vehement movement, urge, irritate', the word meant originally "urger, irritator". The actual meanings `gadfly', `sting', `anger' can therefor go hand in hand (cf. v.Wilamowitz Glaube 1, 273); the changing meaning was still favoured by the myth of Io. -- An identical formation, except for the gender, is Lith. aistrà f. `vehement passion'; further cognates s. οἶμα; cf. also ὀϊστός w. lit. -- Diff. F. Hartmann KZ 54, 289 w. n. 1: to οἶδος, οἰδέω, OHG eittar `poison' etc. as `who causes an ulcer'; to be rejected. S. also Gil Fernandez Nombres de insectos 157. -- In ἰστυάζει ὀργίζεται H. Fick KZ 43, 136 wanted to find a parallel zero grade τυ-derivation *ἰσ-τύ-ς.Page in Frisk: 2,369-370Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > οἴστρος
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8 euhāns or euāns
euhāns or euāns antis P. (the cry of the Bacchantes), crying euhan! Ct., Pr.—Poet. with acc: euhantīs orgia Ducebat Phrygias, celebrating the rites of Bacchus with the cry euhan! V. -
9 κῶνος
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `fruit of the pine-cone, cone also (f.) `pine'; `top' (Democr., Arist., Thphr., Theoc.).Other forms: κώνητες θύρσοι H., κώνης `the stave ending in a pine-cone of Bacchus and the Bacchantes'. Further cf. γονής νάρκισσος τὸ φυτόν H.; κῶνα = πίσσα; κώνα βέμβιξ H.Compounds: Compp., e.g. κωνο-φόρος f. `conifer' (Thphr.), κωνο-κόλουρος `truncated cone' beside κολουρό-κωνος `id.' (Hero; Risch IF 59, 284, Strömberg Wortstudien 8).Derivatives: Diminut. κωνίον, - ιον (Posidon., AP), κωνίς ὑδρίσκη H.; κωνῖτις πίσσα `pine-resin' (Rhian.; Redard Les noms grecs en - της 112), κωνίας ( οἶνος) `resinated wine' (Hp. ap. Gal.; Chantraine Formation 94 f.); κωνάω `resinate, pitch', also `spin' (Ar., H.), with κώνησις `resinating, pitching' (Arist.), - ητικός `suitable for pitching' (pap.); περι-κωνέω `smear with pitch' (Ar.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Since Bopp as inherited identified with Skt. śāṇa- m. (MInd. ṇ for n?) `whet-stone, touchstone'; from a verb `whet, sharpen' in Skt. śí-śā-ti (IE. *ḱi-ḱō-ti) ; further with Lat. cō-s, cä-tus etc. (WP. 1, 454f., Pok. 542, W.-Hofmann s. catus). Schwyzer 458 however, considers "nicht ohne Grund", foreign origin. This is confirmed by the variation adduced by Fur. 121.Page in Frisk: 2,62-63Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > κῶνος
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10 furiālis
furiālis e, adj. [furia], of the Furies, like the Furies, furious, raging, dreadful, fearful: taedae: Alecto furialia membra Exuit, V.: caput Cerberi, H.: arma, i. e. of the Bacchantes, O.: vox: carmen, L.: caedes, O.: vestis, driving mad, C. poët.* * *furialis, furiale ADJfrenzied, mad; avenging -
11 Euhan
Euhan (cf. Lach. ad Lucr. 5, 743; also, Euan, Prisc. 1, 29; not Evan, as in many edd.), m., = Euan, a surname of Bacchus, Lucr. 5, 742; Ov. M. 4, 15; Mart. Cap. 8, § 804.—Hence, euhans, antis (cf. Gr. euazôn), adj., crying Euhan! an epithet of the Bacchantes, Cat. 64, 391; Sil. 1, 101; Prop. 2, 3, 18.— Poet. with acc.:euhantes orgia,
celebrating the rites of Bacchus with the cry Euhan! Verg. A. 6, 517. -
12 euhans
Euhan (cf. Lach. ad Lucr. 5, 743; also, Euan, Prisc. 1, 29; not Evan, as in many edd.), m., = Euan, a surname of Bacchus, Lucr. 5, 742; Ov. M. 4, 15; Mart. Cap. 8, § 804.—Hence, euhans, antis (cf. Gr. euazôn), adj., crying Euhan! an epithet of the Bacchantes, Cat. 64, 391; Sil. 1, 101; Prop. 2, 3, 18.— Poet. with acc.:euhantes orgia,
celebrating the rites of Bacchus with the cry Euhan! Verg. A. 6, 517. -
13 furialis
fŭrĭālis, e, adj. [furiae].I.Of or pertaining to the Furies, or like the Furies, furious, raging, dreadful, fearful (mostly poet.;II.syn.: furiosus, furibundus, fanaticus): Alecto torvam faciem et furialia membra Exuit,
Verg. A. 7, 415:caput Cerberi,
Hor. C. 3, 11, 13:incessus,
Liv. 7, 17, 3:arma,
i. e. of the Bacchantes, Ov. M. 6, 591; cf.Erichtho,
id. H. 15, 139:furialis illa vox (Clodii) nefariis stupris effeminata,
Cic. Planc. 35, 86:dira exsecratio ac furiale carmen,
Liv. 10, 41, 3:caedes,
Ov. M. 6, 657; cf.:quod pretium speret pro tam furialibus ausis,
id. ib. 6, 84:dens leonis,
Mart. 2, 75, 7:mensae Atrei,
Ov. Am. 3, 12, 39:tollitur in caelum furiali turbine clamor,
fearful, Sil. 16, 320.—In neutr., adverb.:aurigae furiale minetur Efferus,
Stat. Th. 6, 429; Claud. B. Get. 326.—Act., making mad, infuriating ( poet. and very rare):haec me irretivit veste furiali inscium, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 8, 20: aurum,
Val. Fl. 6, 670:oscula,
id. 7, 254.— Adv.: fŭrĭālĭter, furiously, madly, franticly:odit,
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14 ἔνθεος
ἔνθεος, ον, in later Prose [var] contr. [full] ἔνθους Ph.2.542, App.Hisp.18, Aen.Gaz.Thphr.p.12 B.:—A full of the god, inspired, possessed, ἔ. γυναῖκες, of the Bacchantes, S.Ant. 964 (lyr.); ἔ. Ἄρει possessed by him, A.Th. 497; ;ὑπὸ τοῦ ἔρωτος X.Smp.1.10
: c. gen. rei, ; also ἔ. πρὸς ἀρετήν inspired with a love for it, Pl.Smp. 179a: [comp] Sup. -ωτάτη, φύσις, of Homer, Max. Tyr.32.4. -
15 Eleleus
Eleleus —, m [ἐλελεῦ, the cry of the Bacchantes], a surname of Bacchus, O. -
16 bacchabundus
bacchābundus, a, um, adj. [bacchor], revelling in the manner of the Bacchantes, boisterous, noisy, ranting, raving (post-Aug. and rare; cf.bacchans): agmen,
Curt. 9, 10, 27; App. Mag. p. 326, 8. -
17 Bassareus
Bassăreus, ei, m., = Bassareus [bassara, a fox, fox-skin, as clothing of the Bacchantes], a title of Bacchus: candide Bassareu, * Hor C. 1, 18, 11; cf. Macr. S. 1, 18. —II.DerivvA.Bassărĭcus, a, um, adj., of Bacchus:B.comae,
the hair of Bacchus, Prop. 3 (4), 17, 30: metrum, Mar. Vict. p. 2545 P.—Bassăris, ĭdis, f., = Bassaris, a Bacchante, Pers. 1, 101 Schol. -
18 Bassaricus
Bassăreus, ei, m., = Bassareus [bassara, a fox, fox-skin, as clothing of the Bacchantes], a title of Bacchus: candide Bassareu, * Hor C. 1, 18, 11; cf. Macr. S. 1, 18. —II.DerivvA.Bassărĭcus, a, um, adj., of Bacchus:B.comae,
the hair of Bacchus, Prop. 3 (4), 17, 30: metrum, Mar. Vict. p. 2545 P.—Bassăris, ĭdis, f., = Bassaris, a Bacchante, Pers. 1, 101 Schol. -
19 Bassaris
Bassăreus, ei, m., = Bassareus [bassara, a fox, fox-skin, as clothing of the Bacchantes], a title of Bacchus: candide Bassareu, * Hor C. 1, 18, 11; cf. Macr. S. 1, 18. —II.DerivvA.Bassărĭcus, a, um, adj., of Bacchus:B.comae,
the hair of Bacchus, Prop. 3 (4), 17, 30: metrum, Mar. Vict. p. 2545 P.—Bassăris, ĭdis, f., = Bassaris, a Bacchante, Pers. 1, 101 Schol. -
20 Eleleides
Elĕleus, ei, m., = Eleleus [from eleleu, the cry of the Bacchantes], a surname of Bacchus, Ov. M. 4, 15.—Hence, Elĕlēĭdes = Bacchae, Ov. H. 4, 47.
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