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Bac⋅chus

[bak-uhs]
–noun Classical Mythology.
the god of wine; Dionysus.

Origin:
< L < Gk Bákkhos
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Bac·chus   (bāk'əs)   
n.   Greek & Roman Mythology
See Dionysus.
Di·o·ny·sus   (dī'ə-nī'səs, -nē'-)   
n.   Greek & Roman Mythology
The god of wine and of an orgiastic religion celebrating the power and fertility of nature. Also called Bacchus.

[Latin Dionȳsus, from Greek Dionūsos.]
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