bacchans

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbak.kʰans/, [ˈbäkːʰä̃ːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbak.kans/, [ˈbäkːäns]

Participle

bacchāns (genitive bacchantis); third-declension one-termination participle

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 participle.

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

¹When used purely as an adjective.