LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · femininethird declension

Bacchis

Bacchis f sg (genitive Bacchidis)
Classical[ˈbak.kʰiːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈbak.kis]

Meaning

  1. femininesingulara female given name, character in the play Bacchides of Plautus

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeBacchis—
genitiveBacchidis—
dativeBacchidī—
accusativeBacchidem—
ablativeBacchide—
vocativeBacchis—

Bacchis, ĭdis, f., = Βακχίς.
I. = 1. Baccha, q. v.—
II. The name of a woman in the Hec. and Heaut. of Terence; and, in plur., Bacchides, the name of a comedy of Plautus (derived from the twin sisters, Bacchides, the chief personages of the piece): Bacchides non Bacchides, set Bacchae sunt acerrumae, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 4.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyBacchisBacchis (Βακχίς, Ptol. 4.5.35), one of the numerous towns or villages which lined the shores of the lake Moeris, and of which indiscriminate mounds of…

Quick answers

What does Bacchis mean in Latin?
Bacchis, a proper noun, means “a female given name, character in the play Bacchides of Plautus”.
What is the genitive of Bacchis?
The genitive singular is Bacchidis. Bacchis is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce Bacchis?
In classical Latin, [ˈbak.kʰiːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈbak.kis].