Sabazia

Latin

Etymology

Substantivisation of the neuter plural of Sabāzius, an epithet of Bacchus and Jupiter, itself from Ancient Greek Σαβάζιος (Sabázios), from Phrygian.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /saˈbaːz.zi.a/, [s̠äˈbäːz̪d̪͡z̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /saˈbad.d͡zi.a/, [säˈbäd̪ː͡z̪iä]

Proper noun

Sabāzia n pl (genitive Sabāziōrum); second declension

1. worship of and festivals in celebration of Bacchus or Jupiter

   Synonym: Abazea

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Sabāzia
Genitive	Sabāziōrum
Dative	Sabāziīs
Accusative	Sabāzia
Ablative	Sabāziīs
Vocative	Sabāzia

References

• Sabazia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Saba'zius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray