Σαβάζιος

English (LSJ)

ὁ, (Σαβός) a Phrygian deity, whose mysteries resembled the τελεταί of Dionysus, Thphr.Char.27.8 (but Σαβάδιον [acc.] ib.16.4, cf. Dessau Inscr.Lat.Sel.2189), Nymphis 11; hence afterwards taken as a name of Dionysus himself, Ar.V.9, Av.875, Lys.388;

   A θεῷ Σαβαζίῳ παγκοιράνῳ CIG3791 (Bithynia), cf. IG12(5).27 (Sicinus); Δὶ Σαβαζίῳ BMus.Inscr.1100 (Italy, iii A.D.); Διὶ Σεβαζίῳ (sic) Supp.Epigr.1.302 (Thrace): also Σαόαζος AJA3(1887).363 (Phrygia); τοῦ Διὸς Σαουάζου IGRom.4.889(ibid.); Σαβάδιος, Gloss.    II Adj. Σᾰβάζιος, α, ον, Bacchic, θύσθλα cj. in Opp.C.1.26; τὰ Σαβάζια Str.10.3.18.