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the Bacchantes

  • 1 bacchantes

    bacchor, ātus ( part. pres. gen. plur. bacchantum; v. I. fin. infra), 1, v. dep. [Bacchus].
    I.
    Lit., to celebrate the festival of Bacchus:

    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.—
    B.
    Pass. (as in later Gr. bakcheuesthai, bakcheuthênai) of the place in which the orgies of Bacchus were celebrated:

    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.—
    II.
    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):

    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,
    B.
    Transf. to inanimate things, to be furious, rage with fury, etc., to be impetuous, etc.
    1.
    So of a vessel of wine that is filled very often:

    ubi bacchabatur aula, casabant cadi,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 41 Lorenz ad loc.—
    2.
    Of winds:

    Thracio bacchante magis sub interlunia vento,

    Hor. C. 1, 25, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 29.—Of violent rain, Val. Fl. 6, 632.—
    3.
    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.

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  • 2 bacchor

    bacchor, ātus ( part. pres. gen. plur. bacchantum; v. I. fin. infra), 1, v. dep. [Bacchus].
    I.
    Lit., to celebrate the festival of Bacchus:

    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.—
    B.
    Pass. (as in later Gr. bakcheuesthai, bakcheuthênai) of the place in which the orgies of Bacchus were celebrated:

    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.—
    II.
    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):

    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,
    B.
    Transf. to inanimate things, to be furious, rage with fury, etc., to be impetuous, etc.
    1.
    So of a vessel of wine that is filled very often:

    ubi bacchabatur aula, casabant cadi,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 41 Lorenz ad loc.—
    2.
    Of winds:

    Thracio bacchante magis sub interlunia vento,

    Hor. C. 1, 25, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 29.—Of violent rain, Val. Fl. 6, 632.—
    3.
    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.

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  • 3 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:

    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.—
    II.
    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.

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  • 4 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:

    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.—
    II.
    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.

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  • 5 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:

    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.—
    II.
    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.

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  • 6 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.

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  • 7 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 ADJ
    frenzied, mad; avenging

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  • 8 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.

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  • 9 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.

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  • 10 furialis

    fŭrĭālis, e, adj. [furiae].
    I.
    Of or pertaining to the Furies, or like the Furies, furious, raging, dreadful, fearful (mostly poet.;

    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.—
    II.
    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,

    Ov. F. 3, 637.

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  • 11 Eleleus

        Eleleus —, m    [ἐλελεῦ, the cry of the Bacchantes], a surname of Bacchus, O.

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  • 12 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.

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  • 13 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.
    Derivv
    A.
    Bassărĭcus, a, um, adj., of Bacchus:

    comae,

    the hair of Bacchus, Prop. 3 (4), 17, 30: metrum, Mar. Vict. p. 2545 P.—
    B.
    Bassăris, ĭdis, f., = Bassaris, a Bacchante, Pers. 1, 101 Schol.

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  • 14 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.
    Derivv
    A.
    Bassărĭcus, a, um, adj., of Bacchus:

    comae,

    the hair of Bacchus, Prop. 3 (4), 17, 30: metrum, Mar. Vict. p. 2545 P.—
    B.
    Bassăris, ĭdis, f., = Bassaris, a Bacchante, Pers. 1, 101 Schol.

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  • 15 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.
    Derivv
    A.
    Bassărĭcus, a, um, adj., of Bacchus:

    comae,

    the hair of Bacchus, Prop. 3 (4), 17, 30: metrum, Mar. Vict. p. 2545 P.—
    B.
    Bassăris, ĭdis, f., = Bassaris, a Bacchante, Pers. 1, 101 Schol.

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  • 16 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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  • 17 Eleleus

    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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  • 18 famularis

    fămŭlāris, e, adj. [famulus], of or belonging to servants or slaves (rare but class.): vestis, * Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116:

    turba,

    Stat. Ach. 2, 67:

    jugum,

    Sen. Troad. 747:

    jura,

    i. e. of subjugation, Ov. M. 15, 597:

    hederae,

    the Bacchantes, Val. Fl. 2, 268.—In the neutr. adverb., servilely:

    nec famulare timens,

    Stat. S. 3, 1, 40.

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  • 19 thyrsus

    thyrsus, i, m., = thursos, a stalk, stem of a plant.
    I.
    Lit., Plin. 19, 8, 39, § 129; 25, 8, 41, § 81; 26, 8, 33, § 51; Suet. Aug. 77; Col. 10, 370.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A staff twined round with ivy and vine-shoots, borne by Bacchus and the Bacchantes; the Bacchic staff, thyrsus, Hor. C. 2, 19, 8; Ov. M. 3, 542; 3, 712; 4, 7; 9, 641; 11, 28; Stat. Th. 9, 614; Sen. Herc. Fur. 904; id. Oedip. 628 al. — Hence, poet. transf.,
    B.
    A thorn, goad:

    acri Percussit thyrso laudis spes magna meum cor,

    Lucr. 1, 923; Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 43.

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  • 20 euoeeuhoe

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