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Meaning of "bacchius" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BACCHIUS

From Latin, from Greek Bakkheios ( pous) a Bacchic (foot).

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BACCHIUS

bæˈkaɪəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BACCHIUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bacchius is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BACCHIUS

Abdias · Ananias · antibacchius · bias · Caius · Elias · eyas · Ezechias · Gaius · hamadryas · Josias · Laius · Lias · Malachias · Matthias · nyas · pious · Sedecias · Trias · Zacharias

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BACCHIUS

baccalaurean · baccalaureate · baccarat · baccate · Bacchae · bacchanal · bacchanalia · bacchanalian · bacchanalianism · bacchant · bacchante · bacchiac · Bacchic · bacchii · Bacchus · bacciferous · bacciform · baccivorous · bacco · baccy

WORDS THAT END LIKE BACCHIUS

Aloysius · Antonius · Aquarius · Aurelius · Boethius · Celsius · Claudius · Comenius · Confucius · genius · gladius · Ignatius · Marius · Mauritius · radius · Sagittarius · Sibelius · Sirius · Stradivarius · Vilnius

Synonyms and antonyms of bacchius in the English dictionary of synonyms

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BACCHIUS»

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Herophilus: The Art of Medicine in Early Alexandria: ...
Secondly, even when a consensus has been reached concerning the provenance of a lemma in Erotian, the fact that Erotian under a given lemma quotes a gloss by Bacchius does not always mean that Bacchius' gloss pertains to the same ...
Heinrich von Staden, 1989
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Apollo's Lyre: Greek Music and Music Theory in Antiquity and ...
Bacchius If the De musica of Aristides Quintilianus represents the one extreme of philosophical complexity in the corpus of ancient Greek music theory, the small musical catechism preserved under the title of Introditctio artis musicae by the ...
Thomas J. Mathiesen, 1999
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Greek Reflections on the Nature of Music
3 There is in Bacchius' answer a dynamic reciprocity: melody provides the conditions for music's existence, while music at the same time subsists by virtue of melody. After detailing all the elements that pertain to melody — pitch, interval,  ...
Flora R. Levin, 2009
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The Immortality of the Soul; The Magnitude of the Soul; On ...
But when there's to be a rest, you don't think only a long syllable can be put after the bacchius? D. Certainly not. Also a short and a long, the first half-foot of the bacchius itself. For, if we were allowed to begin a cretic on the grounds it can be ...
Saint Augustine, 2010
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Greek Musical Writings: Volume 2, Harmonic and Acoustic Theory
Four are made up of one iambus 10 and three trochees (the one with the iambus first is called a trochee ab iambo, the one with it second a trochee a bacchio, the one with it third a bacchius a trochaeo, the one with it fourth an epitritic ...
Andrew Barker, 2004
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Martianus Capella and the Seven Liberal Arts
COMPOSITE BY SYZYGY Trochaic bacchic (bacchius Trochee first; iamb second ab trochaeo) Iambic bacchic (bacchius ab Iamb first; trochee second iambo) COMPOSITE BY PERIOD Comprising one iamb, three trochees Iambic trochee ...
William Harris Stahl, 1971
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The classical commentary [electronic resource]: histories, ...
."3h Galen was familiar, directly or indirectly, both with Bacchius' commentary on the Aphorisms and with his influential Hippocratic lexicon,37 and his familiarity with Erotian is also attested,38 even if more sparsely. Yet, not uncharacteristically  ...
Roy K. Gibson, Christina Shuttleworth Kraus, 2002
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Handbook of Literary Rhetoric: A Foundation for Literary Study
amphibrachys = bacchius (Quint. Inst. 9.4.105; cf. § 1050). 3") Clausulae with three short syllables before the long penultimate syllable (§ 1044) 1044. The main form of the clausula with three short syllables before the long penultimate syllable ...
Heinrich Lausberg, David E. Orton, R. Dean Anderson, 1998
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Aristoteles, Euclides, Nicomachus, Bacchius, Gaudentius, ...
Written primarily in Greek, 1895/1995 edition.
Carl Jan, 1998
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The Philosophers of the Ancient World: An A-Z Guide
BACCHIUS OF PAPHOS AUTODORUS (third century BC?) According to Diogenes Laertius, Autodorus was an Epicurean and critic of Heraclides of Pontus. AVIDIENUS (first century BC) Avidienus was a Cynic. According to Horace he lived on ...
Trevor Curnow, 2006

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BACCHIUS»

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Drake Referenced At The National Spelling Bee
By referencing Drake, naturally. Last week (May 28), contestant Dev Jaiswal was asked to spell the word "bacchius," but needed it to be used in a sentence. «antiMUSIC.com, Jun 15»
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Spelling Bee 2015: Co-Champions and the Rapper Drake
A contestant was given the word 'bacchius' to spell. When he asked to hear the word used in a sentence, the announcer responded:. «Forbes, Jun 15»
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Spelling Bee Creates Wild Rumor About Drake's Next Mixtape
During the annual event, a young contestant needed the pronouncer to use the word "bacchius" (defined as a metrical foot of three syllables, ... «Billboard, May 15»
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The Best, Worst and Weirdest of the Week
Best Drake Reference in a Spelling Bee: The only Drake reference you'll ever need. Started from the bacchius now we here. -- Eric Thurm «Papermag, May 15»
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Shirtless Drake Is Your New Dream Workout Buddy
In other Drake news, the 28-year-old was featured in a clue during this year's Scripp's National Spelling Bee. The word on the line? “Bacchius.” ... «Celebuzz, May 15»
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WATCH: Canadian rapper Drake referenced at Scripps National …
“Rumour has it that Drake's next mixtape contains a rap in which every verse begins and ends with a bacchius,” said the pronouncer as Jaiswal ... «Globalnews.ca, May 15»
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Super spellers
Dev Jaiswal, of Jackson, Mississippi, ponders the word 'bacchius' during the final round May 28, 2015. Reuters/Joshua Roberts. left. 6 of 34. «Reuters, May 15»
REFERENCE
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