Bassareus, ei, m., = Βασσαρεύς [βασσάρα, a fox, fox-skin, as clothing of the Bacchantes], a title of Bacchus: candide Bassareu, * Hor C. 1, 18, 11; cf. Macr. S. 1, 18.

— Derivv Bassaricus, a, um, adj., of Bacchus: comae, the hair of Bacchus, Prop. 3 (4), 17, 30: metrum, Mar. Vict. p. 2545 P.

— Bassaris, idis, f., = Βασσαρίς, a Bacchante, Pers. 1, 101 Schol.