proper noun
Bacchўlĭdēs
Meaning
- a Greek lyric poet of Ceos
Bacchўlĭdēs, is, m., = Βακχυλίδης,
I. a Greek lyric poet of Ceos, a nephew of Simonides, who lived about 470 B.C., Amm. 25, 4, 3.—Hence, Bacchўlĭdĭus, a, um, adj., of Bacchylides:
metrum, Serv. Centim. 2, 5, p. 1819 P.