Etymology

bacchanalia

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Today it means: A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus. Full definition →

Latin Bacchānālia ← Ancient Greek Βάκχος
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bacchanalia · noun1

From Bacchanalia.

Bacchanalia · noun2

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΒάκχος
  2. Latin · derived fromBacchānālia“feast of Bacchus”
  3. English todayBacchanalia

From Latin Bacchānālia (“feast of Bacchus”), plural of Bacchānal (“a place devoted to Bacchus”), from Bacchus (“the god of wine”), from Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos).

Words from the same roots

Ancient GreekΒάκχος all →

Bacchusbacchant

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