bacchans

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of bacchor (“celebrate the festival rites of Bacchus; revel”).

Participle

bacchāns m or f or n (genitive bacchantis); third declension

  1. celebrating the festival rites of Bacchus
  2. revelling, raving or ranting like the bacchanals
  3. going, running or roaming about in a wild, raving or furious manner
  4. (of inanimate things) being furious, raging with fury

Declension

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative bacchāns bacchāns bacchantēs bacchantia
Genitive bacchantis bacchantis bacchantium bacchantium
Dative bacchantī bacchantī bacchantibus bacchantibus
Accusative bacchantem bacchāns bacchantēs, bacchantīs bacchantia
Ablative bacchante, bacchantī1 bacchante, bacchantī1 bacchantibus bacchantibus
Vocative bacchāns bacchāns bacchantēs bacchantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

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