bacciballum
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Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Only attested once in the Satyricon, of uncertain origin and meaning. The most popular theory among scholars is that it is some sort of compound word with bacca.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bacciballum n (genitive bacciballī); second declension
- (hapax, colloquial) a young and attractive woman
- c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 61:
- Cum adhuc servirem, habitabamus in vico angusto; nunc Gavillae domus est. Ibi, quomodo dii volunt, amare coepi uxorem Terentii coponis: noveratis Melissam Tarentinam, pulcherrimum bacciballum. Sed ego non mehercules corporaliter aut propter res venerias curavi, sed magis quod benemoria fuit.
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bacciballum | bacciballa |
| Genitive | bacciballī | bacciballōrum |
| Dative | bacciballō | bacciballīs |
| Accusative | bacciballum | bacciballa |
| Ablative | bacciballō | bacciballīs |
| Vocative | bacciballum | bacciballa |
References[edit]
- “bacciballum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bacciballum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “bacciballum” in volume 2, column 1667, line 37 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present