βακχεία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Βάκχος (Bákkhos, “Bacchus”) +‎ -είᾱ (-eíā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bakʰ.kʰěː.aː/ → /βakˈçi.a/ → /vakˈçi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bakʰ.kʰěː.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bakˈkʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βakˈçi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vakˈçi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vakˈçi.a/

Noun

βᾰκχείᾱ • (bakkheíā) f (genitive βᾰκχείᾱς); first declension

1. Bacchic frenzy, revelry
2. (in the plural) Bacchic orgies

Declension

First declension of ἡ βᾰκχείᾱ; τῆς βᾰκχείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βᾰκχείᾱ hē bakkheíā	τὼ βᾰκχείᾱ tṑ bakkheíā	αἱ βᾰκχεῖαι hai bakkheîai
Genitive	τῆς βᾰκχείᾱς tês bakkheíās	τοῖν βᾰκχείαιν toîn bakkheíain	τῶν βᾰκχειῶν tôn bakkheiôn
Dative	τῇ βᾰκχείᾳ têi bakkheíāi	τοῖν βᾰκχείαιν toîn bakkheíain	ταῖς βᾰκχείαις taîs bakkheíais
Accusative	τὴν βᾰκχείᾱν tḕn bakkheíān	τὼ βᾰκχείᾱ tṑ bakkheíā	τᾱ̀ς βᾰκχείᾱς tā̀s bakkheíās
Vocative	βᾰκχείᾱ bakkheíā	βᾰκχείᾱ bakkheíā	βᾰκχεῖαι bakkheîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βακχεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βακχεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βακχεία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)