of or belonging to Bacchus and his rites, βότρυς S. Fr. 255.2; νόμος E. Hec. 686 (lyr.); ῥυθμός X. Smp. 9.3, etc.: hence, frenzied, rapt, Β. Διόνυσος h.Hom. 19.46, cf. Hdt. 4.79; ὁ Β. θεός S. OT 1105 (lyr.); Βάκχειε δεσπότʼ Ar. Th. 988 (lyr.), cf. IG 4.558.20 ( Argos), etc.; τὸν Β. ἄνακτα, of Aeschylus, Ar. Ra. 1259.
before all others: Adv. περίαλλα before all, h.Pan. 46, Pi. P. 11.5, Ar. Th. 1070 (= E. Fr. 115, lyr.), A.R. 2.217, 3.529, dub. in S. OT 1219 (lyr.).