Bacchius

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φιλοτιμία καλεῖ τέχν' ὑπερόντα κτλ. → ambition for honor is calling superior sons ... (Inscription on church wall, Constantinople)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Bacchīus: a, um, v.1. Bacchus, II. E.
Bacchīus: ii, m., = Βάκχειος>,
I a Greek proper name; esp.,
I Bacchius Milesius, a writer on agriculture, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 8; Col. 1, 1, 9.—
II (Scanned Bacchĭus.) A gladiator, Hor. S. 1, 7, 20.