1. Plural of bacchus; followers or priests of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine and revelry.
Usage: classical; historical; often capitalized
2. In prosody, plural of bacchius; metrical feet consisting of one short syllable followed by two long syllables.
Usage: technical; linguistics

Examples

• The bacchii danced through the streets during the festival honoring the god of wine.
• Ancient Roman texts describe the bacchii as devoted followers of Bacchus.
• In classical poetry, bacchii were used to create rhythmic patterns in verse.
• The metrical pattern of bacchii differs from that of iambs and trochees.
• Scholars of Latin prosody study the use of bacchii in Horatian odes.