Sabazia

Latin

Etymology

Substantivisation of the neuter plural of Sabāzius, an epithet of Bacchus and Jupiter, itself from Ancient Greek Σαβάζιος (Sabázios), from Phrygian.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /saˈbaːz.zi.a/, [s̠äˈbäːz̪d̪͡z̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /saˈbad.d͡zi.a/, [säˈbäd̪ː͡z̪iä]

Proper noun

Sabāzia n pl (genitive Sabāziōrum); second declension

1. worship of and festivals in celebration of Bacchus or Jupiter

   Synonym: Abazea

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

	plural
nominative	Sabāzia
genitive	Sabāziōrum
dative	Sabāziīs
accusative	Sabāzia
ablative	Sabāziīs
vocative	Sabāzia

References

• Sabazia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Saba'zius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray