- Ἴακχος
- ἼακχοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: surname of Dionysos, arisen from the cry (Ἴακχε), with which the community greeted the god on the Lenaia, also name of the festive song (Hdt., S., Ar.); by the tyrant Dionysios used as χοῖρος (because of the ἰαχεῖν of big; Wackernagel KZ 33, 48 = Kl. Schr. 1, 727); after that as name of the pudendum muliebre (s. H. Diels bei Kretschmer Glotta 1, 385).Derivatives: Ίακχαῖος `Iakchian, Bakchic, Dionysiac' (hell.), Ίακχεῖον `Iakchos-temple' (Athen; Plu.), ἰακχάζω `call Ἴακχε' (Hdt.; coni. in Longos 3, 11 for ἰακχεύσαντες).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Anat.Etymology: From ἰαχή, ἰάχω (s. v.) with expressive gemination, first in theVoc. Ἴακχε. - See Nilsson Gr. Rel. 599f., 664; also v. Wilamowitz Glaube 2, 161, Versnel, Triumphus 27-33, 37. Or a loan together with the institution, prob. from Anatolia.Page in Frisk: 1,703
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.