bacchic

Traduzioni

Bacchicnoun
Bacchics
pl
UK
/ˈbækɪk/
US
/ˈbækɪk/
Rare, countable: a devotee of Bacchus or participant in Bacchic rites.
Bacchicadjective
more Bacchic
Comp.
most Bacchic
Super.
UK
/ˈbæk.ɪk/
US
/ˈbæk.ɪk/
The festival was celebrated with bacchic revelry.
Фестиваль отмечался вакхическим весельем.

Definizioni

Bacchicnoun
A devotee of Bacchus or a participant in Bacchic rites.
The Bacchics processed through the streets chanting hymns to the wine-god.
Bacchicadjective
Relating to or characteristic of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, or the riotous, drunken revelry associated with him.
The festival was a Bacchic celebration, filled with music, dancing, and an abundance of wine.
(Prosody) Relating to or composed in a bacchius, a metrical foot consisting of one short syllable followed by two long syllables.
The poem switches to a Bacchic meter in the final stanza.