baccar

Latin

Alternative forms

• baccaris, bacchar

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάκκαρις (bákkaris).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbak.kar/, [ˈbäkːär]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbak.kar/, [ˈbäkːär]

Noun

baccar n sg (genitive baccaris); third declension

1. A fragrant plant (of uncertain identity)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem), singular only.

	singular
nominative	baccar
genitive	baccaris
dative	baccarī
accusative	baccar
ablative	baccare
vocative	baccar

References

• “baccar”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• baccar in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “baccar”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers