BACCHUS

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• BACCHUS (noun)
  The noun BACCHUS has 1 sense:

1. (classical mythology) god of wine; equivalent of Dionysus

  Familiarity information: BACCHUS used as a noun is very rare.

• BACCHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(classical mythology) god of wine; equivalent of Dionysus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Graeco-Roman deity; Greco-Roman deity (a deity of classical mythology)

Domain category:

antiquity (the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe)

Domain region:

Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)

capital of Italy; Eternal City; Italian capital; Roma; Rome (capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire)

 Context examples 

Raphael's face was found boldly executed on the underside of the moulding board, and Bacchus on the head of a beer barrel.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)