Bacchants

/ˈbæk.ənts/ noun

Definition

Followers or priestesses of Bacchus (the Roman god of wine); people who participate in wild, drunken revelry or frenzied celebration.

Etymology

From Latin 'Bacchans,' followers of Bacchus (from Greek 'Bacchos'). In Roman mythology, bacchants were the priestesses and followers known for their ecstatic, intoxicated rituals in honor of the wine god.

Kelly Says

Ancient Rome had actual organized cults of bacchants—women who would work themselves into frenzied states during wine festivals—and the practice got so wild that the Roman Senate actually banned it in 186 BCE, making it one of history's first drug-related crackdowns.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ባክቻንት
bak-chan-t
ARالعربية
اتباع باخوس
at-ba-ʿ ba-khos
BNবাংলা
ব্যাক্চান্তি
bak-chan-ti
CACatalà
bacantes
bak-kan-tes
CSČeština
bacchantky
bak-chan-tky
DADansk
bacchantes
bak-kan-tes
DEDeutsch
Bacchanten
bak-han-ten
ELΕλληνικά
βακχάντισσες
vak-han-tis-ses
ESEspañol
bacantes
bah-kan-tes
FAفارسی
بَخْشِی
bakh-shi
FISuomi
bacchantes
bak-kan-tes
FRFrançais
Bacchantes
bak-san-t
GUGU
બાચ્છાન્તી
baach-chan-ti
HAHA
bacchant
bak-chan
HEעברית
בַּעֲכַנְטִיּוֹת
ba-ach-an-ti-yot
HIहिन्दी
बैच्छन्टेस
baichhan-tes
HUMagyar
bacchanták
bak-chan-tak
IDBahasa Indonesia
bacchant
bak-chan
IGIG
bacchant
bak-chan
ITItaliano
baccanti
bak-kan-ti
JA日本語
バッカンテス
bakkan-tesu
KKKK
бақаңт
ba-qan-t
KMKM
បាក្ខាន
bak-khan
KO한국어
바카한테스
bakahan-tesu
MRMR
बच्चांती
baach-an-ti
MSBahasa Melayu
bacchant
bak-chan
MYမြန်မာ
ဘက္ခန်တ
ba-kkan-ta
NLNederlands
bacchantes
bak-kan-tes
NONorsk
bacchantes
bak-kan-tes
PAPA
ਬਾਛੰਟ
baach-an-t
PLPolski
bacchantki
bak-chan-tki
PTPortuguês
bacantes
bah-kan-tes
RORomână
bacchante
bak-chan-te
RUРусский
баканты
bakanty
SVSvenska
bacchantes
bak-kan-tes
SWKiswahili
bacchant
bak-chan
TAதமிழ்
பாக்சன்கள்
paak-shan-gal
TEతెలుగు
బాచ్చంటులు
baach-chan-tu-lu
THไทย
บาคแคนท์
ba-kan-t
TLTL
bacchant
bak-chan
TRTürkçe
bacchantlar
bak-chan-tlar
UKУкраїнська
бакантки
bak-ant-ky
URاردو
بَخْشَان
bakh-shan
VITiếng Việt
bacchant
bak-chan
YOYO
bacchant
bak-chan
ZH中文
酒神信徒
jiǔ shén xìn tú
ZUZU
ibachanti
i-bak-chan-ti

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