bacciballum

Latin

Alternative forms

  • basioballum

Etymology

Only attested once in the Satyricon, of uncertain origin and meaning.

Pronunciation

Noun

bacciballum n (genitive bacciballī); second declension

  1. (hapax legomenon) a young and attractive woman.
    • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 61:
      Cum adhuc servirem, habitabamus in vico angusto; nunc Gavillae domus est. Ibi, quomodo dii volunt, amare coepi uxorem Terentii coponis: noveratis Melissam Tarentinam, pulcherrimum bacciballum.
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Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative bacciballum bacciballa
genitive bacciballī bacciballōrum
dative bacciballō bacciballīs
accusative bacciballum bacciballa
ablative bacciballō bacciballīs
vocative bacciballum bacciballa

References

  • “bacciballum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “bacciballum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • bacciballum in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • “bacciballum” in volume 2, column 1667, line 37 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
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