βάκχος
Οὐκ ἔστιν ἀγαθὸν ἐν ἀνθρώπῳ ὃ φάγεται καὶ ὃ πίεται καὶ ὃ δείξει τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτοῦ ἀγαθὸν ἐν μόχθῳ αὐτοῦ (Ecclesiastes 2:24, LXX version) → What is good in a human is not what he eats and drinks and shows off to his soul as a benefit of his labor
Russian (Dvoretsky)
βάκχος: ὁ
1) жрец Вакха, вакхант Plat.: Ἃιδου β. Eur. одержимый Гадесом, т. е. лишившийся рассудка;
2) вино (κρατὴρ βάκχου Eur.; βάκχον ἐκπιών Anth.).
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: ?
Meaning: a fish, kind of κεστρεύς (Hicesios apud Ath. 306 e)
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: S. Thomson Fishes , Saint-Denis, Animaux marins and Strömberg Fischnamen 96.
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
βάκχος -ου, ὁ bacchant (een volgeling van Dionysus) :. ναρθηκοφόροι μὲν πολλοί, βάκχοι δέ τε παῦροι er zijn veel thyrsusdragers, maar weinig bacchanten (spreekwoord, vgl. Ned. ‘velen worden geroepen, weinigen zijn uitverkoren’) Plat. Phaed. 69d.
