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Bacchis , ĭdis, f., = Βακχίς.
I. = 1. Baccha, q. v.—
II. The name of a woman in the Hec. and Heaut. of Terence; and, in plur., Bacchides, the name of a comedy of Plautus (derived from the twin sisters, Bacchides, the chief personages of the piece): “Bacchides non Bacchides, set Bacchae sunt acerrumae,” Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 4.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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