noun · femininethird declension
bacchātiō
bacchātiō f (genitive bacchātiōnis)
Meaning
- Bacchanalia
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bacchātiō | bacchātiōnēs |
| genitive | bacchātiōnis | bacchātiōnum |
| dative | bacchātiōnī | bacchātiōnibus |
| accusative | bacchātiōnem | bacchātiōnēs |
| ablative | bacchātiōne | bacchātiōnibus |
| vocative | bacchātiō | bacchātiōnēs |
bacchātĭo, ōnis, f. id..
I. A celebrating of the orgies of Bacchus, Hyg. Fab. 4; 8.—Hence.
II. A revelling, raving, in the manner of the Bacchœ (rare): sileatur de nocturnis ejus baccationibus ac vigiliis, * Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 33.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
bacchātiō ōnis, f
bacchor, plur, orgies, revelries: nocturnae.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin bacchātiō From bacchor + -tiō.