Definitions for bacchusˈbæk əs

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Bac•chusˈbæk əs(n.)

  1. Category: Mythology

    Ref: Dionysus .

Origin of Bacchus:

< L < Gk

Bac′chic(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Bacchus(noun)

    (classical mythology) god of wine; equivalent of Dionysus

Wiktionary

  1. Bacchus(ProperNoun)

    The Roman name for Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and vivid social gatherings.

  2. Origin: From the Bacchus, from the .

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bacchus(noun)

    the god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele


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