Baccha

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Baccha: (old orthog. Baca; v. S. C. Bacch.; Bacca, Plaut. Aul. 3, 1, 4 Wagn.; Bacche, Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 41), ae, f., = Βάκχη; cf. also Μαινάς or Θυϊάς,
I a Bacchanet, a female attendant of Bacchus, who, in company with Silenus and the Satyrs, celebrated the festival of that deity with a raving madness carried even to insensibility, with an ivy crown upon her head, a fawn-skin upon her left shoulder, a staff wound with ivy in her hand, and with hair loose and flying wildly about, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71; id. Aul. 3, 1, 3; id. Cas. 5, 4, 9; id. Bacch. 3, 1, 4; 1, 1, 19; Varr. L. L. 7, § 87 Müll.; Ov. M. 4, 25; 6, 587 sq.; 9, 642; 11, 89; id. Tr. l. l.; id. H. 10, 48; id. F. 6, 507; Prop. 3 (4), 22, 33; Luc. 5, 74 (Matres Edonides, Ov. M. 11, 69; v. Bacchus).—Represented in paintings: Bacchas istas cum Musis Metelli comparas, Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 2: Bacchis initiare aliquem, to initiate into the festivals of Bacchus, Liv. 39, 9, 4 Weissenb. ad loc.; 39, 10, 2; 39, 14, 8.—In a pun with Bacchis (q. v. II.): quia Bacchis, Bacchas metuo et Bacchanal tuom, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 19; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 4; v. Bacchis. —Hence,
II Deriv.: Bacchēus, a, um, adj., = Βάκχειος, relating to the Bacchœ or Bacchantes, Bacchantian: vox, Col. 10, 223: sanguis, spilt by them, Stat. Th. 1, 328: bella, id. ib. 12, 791.
Baccha: ae, f.,
I a kind of Spanish wine, Varr. L. L. 7, § 87 Müll.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) Baccha¹¹ (arch. Baca S. C. Bacch. CIL 1, 581, 7 ; 10, 104 ), æ, et Bacchē, ēs, f., pl. Bacchæ, ārum, Bacchante ; Bacchantes [femmes qui célébraient les mystères de Bacchus, nommés Bacchanales] : Pl. Amph. 703 ; Aul. 408 ; Bacchis initiare aliquem Liv. 39, 9, 4, initier qqn aux mystères de Bacchus.

Latin > German (Georges)

(1) Baccha¹ (archaist. Bāca), ae, f. (Βάκχη), eine Bacchantin, d.i. eine gottbegeisterte Priesterin des Bacchus, Frau od. Mädchen, die die Feste jenes Gottes in einer bis zur Unempfindlichkeit gesteigerten Raserei beging, Plaut. Amph. 703; aul. 408. Ov. met. 4, 25 u.a.: als Gemälde, Cic. ep. 7, 23, 2. – Bacchis initiare alqm, einweihen in die Bacchusfeier, Liv. 39, 9. § 4 u. 10. § 2 u. 14. § 8: Bacas adiese (archaist. = adire), die Bacchusfeier besuchen, SC. de Bacch. im Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 196. lin. 7. – / griech. Nbf. Bacchē (Βάκχη), Ov. amor. 1, 14, 21; trist. 4, 1, 41.