verbfirst conjugation, deponent
bacchor
bacchor (present infinitive bacchārī, perfect active bacchātus sum)
Classical[ˈbak.kʰɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈbak.kor]
Meaning
- deponentto celebrate the festival or rites of Bacchus
- deponentto revel, rave or rant like the bacchanals
Hic, tū quā laetitiā perfruere, quibus gaudiīs exultābis, quanta in voluptāte bacchābere, cum in tantō numerō tuōrum neque audiēs virum bonum quemquam neque vidēbis!
Here, what happiness will you enjoy, in what delights will you exult, in [what] great pleasure will you revel, when among such a large number of your own men you will neither hear nor see a single good man!63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 1.26 - deponentto go, run or roam about in a wild, raving, raging or furious manner
Saevit inops animī, tōtamque incēnsa per urbem / bacchātur [...].
[Dido] raves out of her mind, and having become agitated, all through the city she roams wildly …. (So begins the simile of Dido behaving like a bacchante or bacchanal; i.e., her people see their queen overcome with unrestrained emotion.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.300–301 - deponentto be furious, rage with fury
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
furō ut Bacchabacchor -ārī — in Aeneis, ch. 11
Conjugation conjugation 1 deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | bacchor | bacchābar | bacchābor | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | bacchāris bacchāre | bacchābāris bacchābāre | bacchāberis bacchābere | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | bacchātur | bacchābātur | bacchābitur | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | bacchāmur | bacchābāmur | bacchābimur | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | bacchāminī | bacchābāminī | bacchābiminī | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | bacchantur | bacchābantur | bacchābuntur | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | baccher | bacchārer | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | bacchēris bacchēre | bacchārēris bacchārēre | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | bacchētur | bacchārētur | — | — |
| 1st pl. | bacchēmur | bacchārēmur | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | bacchēminī | bacchārēminī | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | bacchentur | bacchārentur | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | bacchāre | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | bacchāminī | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | bacchātor | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | bacchātor | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | bacchantor | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | bacchārī | — |
| perfect infinitive | bacchātum esse | — |
| future infinitive | bacchātūrum esse | — |
| present participle | bacchāns bacchante, bacchantem, bacchantēs, bacchantī, bacchantia, bacchantibus, bacchantis, bacchantīs, bacchantium | — |
| perfect participle | bacchātus bacchāta, bacchātā, bacchātae, bacchātam, bacchātārum, bacchātās, bacchāte, bacchātī, bacchātīs, bacchātō, bacchātōrum, bacchātōs | — |
| future participle | bacchātūrus bacchātūra, bacchātūrā, bacchātūrae, bacchātūram, bacchātūrārum, bacchātūrās, bacchātūre, bacchātūrī, bacchātūrīs, bacchātūrō, bacchātūrōrum, bacchātūrōs, bacchātūrum | bacchandus bacchanda, bacchandā, bacchandae, bacchandam, bacchandārum, bacchandās, bacchande, bacchandīs, bacchandōrum, bacchandōs |
gerundbacchandī, bacchandō, bacchandumsupinebacchātum, bacchātū
bacchor, ātus (
I. part. pres. gen. plur. bacchantum; v. I. fin. infra), 1, v. dep. Bacchus.
I. Lit., to celebrate the festival of Bacchus:
Baccha bacchans, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71: saxea ut effigies bacchantis prospicit Evoe, i. e. which cries Evoe in the orgies, Cat. 64, 61; 64, 255: cum aliquo, Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 8.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: bacchan-tes, um, f., Bacchae, the Bacchantes: passis Medea capillis Bacchantum ritu, Ov.M. 7, 258; 3, 703; Curt. 8, 10, 15; gen. Bacchantium, id. 9, 10, 24.—B. Pass. (as in later Gr. βακχεύεσθαι, βακχευθῆναι) of the place in which the orgies of Bacchus were celebrated:
virginibus bacchata Lacaenis Taygeta, Verg. G. 2, 487 Heyn.: bacchata jugis Naxos, id. A. 3, 125: Dindyma sanguineis famulum bacchata lacertis, Val. Fl. 3, 20: ita obsoletum sono furenter ab omni parti bacchatur nemus, Santra ap. Non. p. 78, 28: ululatibus Ide bacchatur, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 206.—II. Transf., in gen., to revel, rave, rant, like the Bacchœ (of every species of mental excitement, love, hatred, joy, etc.; mostly poet. and in more elevated prose):
quibus gaudiis exsultabis? quantā in voluptate bacchabere? Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26: furor in vestrā caede bacchantis, id. ib. 4, 6, 11; id. Har. Resp. 18, 39: non ego sanius Bacchabor Edonis, Hor. C. 2, 7, 26; Col. poët. 10, 198; * Suet. Calig. 56; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 213; id. VI. Cons. Hon. 192.—Of murderous fury: tantā in illos caede bacchati sunt, Vulg. Judic. 20, 25.—So of poet. inspiration, Stat. S. 1, 2, 258; and with carmen as object: grande Sophocleo carmen bacchamur hiatu, Juv. 6, 636; cf.: furebant Euhoe bacchantes, raving to the cry of Euhoe, Cat. 64, 255; 64, 61.—Also, to go or run about in a wanton, wild, raving, or furious manner: animans Omne, quod in magnis bacchatur montibu' passim, * Lucr. 5, 822: saevit inops animi, totamque incensa per urbem Bacchatur, Verg. A. 4, 301 ( = discursitat, Heyne): immanis in antro Bacchatur vates, raves, is inspired, id. ib. 6, 78; 7, 385: infelix virgo totā bacchatur in urbe, id. Cir. 166.—Hence, B. Transf. to inanimate things, to be furious, rage with fury, etc., to be impetuous, etc.
1. So of a vessel of wine that is filled very often:
ubi bacchabatur aula, casabant cadi, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 41 Lorenz ad loc.—2. Of winds:
Thracio bacchante magis sub interlunia vento, Hor. C. 1, 25, 11; Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 29.—Of violent rain, Val. Fl. 6, 632.—3. Of a rumor: concussam bacchatur fama per urbem, spreads rapidly, Verg A. 4, 666.—
4. Of enthusiastic, raging discourse:
quod eos, quorum altior oratio actioque esset ardentior furere et bacchari arbitraretur, Cic. Brut. 80, 276: vitiosum dicendi genus, quod inanibus locis bacchatur, etc., Quint. 12, 10, 73.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
bacchor ātus, ārī, dep.
Bacchus, to celebrate the festival of Bacchus, rave like Bacchae, revel: quanta in voluptate, exult: in vestrā caede: non sanius Edonis, H.: per urbem, roams in frenzy, V.: Fama per urbem, runs wild, V.—With acc: Grande carmen, Iu.; cf. Euhoe bacchantes, raising the cry of Bacchus, Ct.—Poet.: virginibus bacchata (iuga), i. e. frequented by the revels, V.: Bacchatam iugis Naxon legimus, i. e. with vine-clad hills, V.: bacchante vento, holding revelry, H.— Of extravagance in language: furere et bacchari.
Origins
Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos)bor. Latin Bacchus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin bacchor From Bacchus + -ō.
In English words that came into English from bacchor
- bacchantbacchans