bacchius
/ˈbækiəs/
bacchius noun: a metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.
Noun
bacchius (plural bacchii)
- A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.
bacchius meaning in Bengali and Sanskrit
bacchius in Bengali
- কারও কারও মতে
bacchius in Sanskrit
- bacchius
- य ya
Forms of bacchius
| plural | bacchii |
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Origin of bacchius
So called because used in hymns to Bacchus.
Questions about bacchius
- What does bacchius mean?
- Bacchius means a metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.
- What is bacchius in Bengali?
- Bacchius in Bengali is কারও কারও মতে. See Bacchius meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is bacchius?
- Bacchius is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bacchius?
- Bacchius is pronounced /ˈbækiəs/.
- What is the plural of bacchius?
- The plural of bacchius is bacchii.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bacchius (page history and authors); bacchius (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); य (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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