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Meaning of BACCHUS

Pronunciation:  'bakus

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 Definition: [n]  (in ancient Greece and Rome) god of wine; equivalent of Dionysus
 
 See Also: Graeco-Roman deity, Greco-Roman deity

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Bac"chus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?] (Myth.)
The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele.

 
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