Bacchic is an English word with synonyms like bacchanalian or bacchanal. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Bacchic in a sentence
Bacchic meaning
- Of or relating to Bacchus.
- By extension, drunken.
- Relating to a bacchius.
Synonyms of Bacchic
Using Bacchic
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or relating to Bacchus. | By extension, drunken. | Relating to a bacchius.
- Useful related words include: bacchanalian, bacchanal, carousing, orgiastic.
Context around Bacchic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bacchic
- In this selection, "bacchic" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, approved, forces, processions and cults stand out and add context to how "bacchic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include annihilated by bacchic forces and and dionysian and bacchic processions. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bacchic" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bacchic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The reformed, officially approved Bacchic cults would have borne little resemblance to the earlier crowded, ecstatic and uninhibited Bacchanalia. (19 words)
According to Nonnus of Panopolis, the Indian army was annihilated by Bacchic forces, and Dionysus took pity on his enemies. (20 words)
Roman etymologists thought that the soldiers' chant of triumpe was a borrowing via Etruscan of the Greek thriambus (θρίαμβος), cried out by satyrs and other attendants in Dionysian and Bacchic processions. (31 words)
Roman etymologists thought that the soldiers' chant of triumpe was a borrowing via Etruscan of the Greek thriambus (θρίαμβος), cried out by satyrs and other attendants in Dionysian and Bacchic processions. (31 words)
According to Nonnus of Panopolis, the Indian army was annihilated by Bacchic forces, and Dionysus took pity on his enemies. (20 words)
The reformed, officially approved Bacchic cults would have borne little resemblance to the earlier crowded, ecstatic and uninhibited Bacchanalia. (19 words)
Example sentences (3)
According to Nonnus of Panopolis, the Indian army was annihilated by Bacchic forces, and Dionysus took pity on his enemies.
Roman etymologists thought that the soldiers' chant of triumpe was a borrowing via Etruscan of the Greek thriambus (θρίαμβος), cried out by satyrs and other attendants in Dionysian and Bacchic processions.
The reformed, officially approved Bacchic cults would have borne little resemblance to the earlier crowded, ecstatic and uninhibited Bacchanalia.