proper nounBacisBACIS☆ KeepMeaninga soothsayer of BœotiaLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879BACISLEWIS & SHORTBACISBacis, ĭdis, m. (Βάκις, ιδος, Pausan.), I. a soothsayer of Bœotia, Cic. Div. 1, 18, 34.Bacis (Bacchis, Pacis), acc. Bacem, I. a sacred bull, worshipped at Hermonthis in Upper Egypt, Macr. S. 1, 21.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesBiography & mythologyBacisBacis. 1. The Boeotian, the most celebrated of them, was believed to have lived and given his oracles at Heleon in Boeotia, being inspired by the nymp…