Iacchus

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἴακχος (Íakkhos).

Proper noun

Iacchus

1. (Greek mythology) A minor deity of some cultic importance, particularly at Athens and Eleusis in connection with the Eleusinian mysteries.

Alternative forms

• Iacchos, Iakchos, Iakkhos

Latin

Alternative forms

• Jacchus

Etymology

Ancient Greek Ἴακχος (Íakkhos)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iˈak.kʰus/, [iˈäkːʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈak.kus/, [iˈäkːus]
• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯ak.kʰus/, [ˈi̯äkːʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈjak.kus/, [ˈjäkːus]

Proper noun

Iacchus m sg (genitive Iacchī); second declension

1. Bacchus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Iacchus
genitive	Iacchī
dative	Iacchō
accusative	Iacchum
ablative	Iacchō
vocative	Iacche

References

• “Iacchus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Iacchus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Iacchus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.