Bacchanal

See also: bacchanal

English

Adjective

Bacchanal (comparative more Bacchanal, superlative most Bacchanal)

1. Alternative form of bacchanal

German

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

Bacchanal n (strong, genitive Bacchanals, plural Bacchanale or Bacchanalien)

1. bacchanalia

Declension

Declension of Bacchanal [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Bacchanal	die	Bacchanale, Bacchanalien
genitive	eines	des	Bacchanals	der	Bacchanale, Bacchanalien
dative	einem	dem	Bacchanal	den	Bacchanalen, Bacchanalien
accusative	ein	das	Bacchanal	die	Bacchanale, Bacchanalien

Latin

Alternative forms

• Bachānal, Baccānal, Bachīnal, Baccīnal (in codices)
• Bācānal (pre-Classical)

Etymology

From Baccha.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /bakˈkʰaː.nal/, [bäkˈkʰäːnäɫ̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bakˈka.nal/, [bäkˈkäːnäl]

Noun

Bacchānal n sg (genitive Bacchānālis); third declension (chiefly plural only)

1. Bacchanalia
   • 183 BCE, CIL I² 581 3–6, in Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, volume I fascicle 2, Ernst Lommatzch & Theodor Mommsen (editors), Berlin, 1918, page 437:

     NEIQVIS·EORVM·SACANAL^[sic]·HABVISE·VELET·SEI·QVES
     ESENT·QVEI·SIBEI·DEICERENT·NECESVS·ESE·BACANAL·HABERE·EEIS·VTEI·AD·PR·VRBANVM
     ROMAM·VENIRENT·DEQVE·EEIS·REBVS·VBEI·EORVM·VER[B]A·AVDITA·ESENT·VTEI·SENATVS
     NOSTER·DECERNERET·DVM·NE·MINVS·SENATOR[I]BVS·C·ADESENT·QVOM·EA·RE·COSOLORETVR

     Let no one of them hold Bacchanalia. If anybody
     says that it's necessary for them to hold Bacchanalia, let them come to Rome
     to the urban prefect and, when his words regarding the affair have been heard, let our
     senate decide, provided that no less than 100 senators are present when that matter is discussed.

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Bacchānal
Genitive	Bacchānālis
Dative	Bacchānālī
Accusative	Bacchānal
Ablative	Bacchānālī
Vocative	Bacchānal

Derived terms

• Bacchānālis