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View Name: Bacchus
BACCHUS
Gender:
Masculine
Usage:
Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Pronounced:
BAK-əs
(English)
[key]
From Greek
Βακχος
(Bakchos)
, derived from
ιαχο
(iacho)
meaning "to shout". This was another name of the Greek god Dionysos, and it was also the name that the Romans commonly used for him.
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