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, colloquial) 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. Sed ego non mehercules corporaliter aut propter res venerias curavi, sed magis quod benemoria fuit.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.