bacchant
bacchant · bacchants · bacchantes
A priest of BacchusA priest of Bacchus.
/ˈbækənt/
Значение
значений: 2A priest of Bacchus.
(classical mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus
A bacchanal; a drunken reveler.
a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus
Происхождение
Borrowed from Latin bacchantem, present active participle of bacchor (“to celebrate ritesBorrowed from Latin bacchantem, present active participle of bacchor (“to celebrate rites of Bacchus; to revel”), from Bacchus (“the god of wine”), from Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos).
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Формы
мн. число: bacchants / bacchantesСинонимы
синонимов: 3Близкие по смыслу
- a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus:bacchanal
- someone who engages in drinking bouts:drunken revelerdrunken revellerbacchanal
Однокоренные
связанных слов: 1Связанныеbacchantic