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Βάκχειος

Βάκχειος, Bacchic, of the god Dionysus, Bacchus

Βάκχ-ειος or Βακχεῖος, α, ον, also Βάκχιος, α, ον (to suit the metre), fem. ος Luc. Ocyp. 171:—
  • of or belonging to Bacchus and his rites, βότρυς S. Fr. 255.2; νόμος E. Hec. 686 (lyr.); ῥυθμός X. Smp. 9.3, etc.: hence, frenzied, rapt, Β. Διόνυσος h.Hom. 19.46, cf. Hdt. 4.79; ὁ Β. θεός S. OT 1105 (lyr.); Βάκχειε δεσπότʼ Ar. Th. 988 (lyr.), cf. IG 4.558.20 (Argos), etc.; τὸν Β. ἄνακτα, of Aeschylus, Ar. Ra. 1259.
    • II as Subst., Βάκχιος, ὁ, = Βάκχος, S. Ant. 154 (lyr.), E. Cyc. 9:—also, = οἶνος, Id. IT 953, Cyc. 519, Antiph. 237.
      • 2 Βάκχια or Βακχ-εῖα, τά, v. Βακχεῖον.
      • 3 Βακχεῖος (sc. πούς), ὁ, the bacchius, a metrical foot of three syllables, _ _ ⏑, D.H. Comp. 17 (opp. ὑποβ. ⏑ _ _); but later ⏑ _ _, Heph. 3 (opp. παλιμβ. _ _ ⏑), etc.; also β. ἀπὸ τροχαίου (_ ⏑ ⏑ _), ἀπʼ ἰάμβου (⏑ _ _ ⏑), Aristid.Quint. 1.17, cf. Anon.Rhythm. Oxy. 9 iii 12; = ⏑ ⏑ _ _, Bacch. Harm. 101.

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