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Ἀνθεστήρια

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ἀνθεστήρια

Structure: Ἀνθεστηρι (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: a)/nqos

Sense

  1. Anthesteria or the Anthesteria (an Attic and Ionian festival held over three days in late February or early March in honor of Dionysus, the dead, and the coming spring)

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οἱ μὲν διὰ πλῆθοσ οἰκετῶν Καρικῶν εἰρῆσθαί φασιν, ὡσ ἐν τοῖσ Ἀνθεστηρίοισ εὐωχουμένων αὐτῶν καὶ οὐκ ἐργαζομένων. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , <*/b Ia)mbika/>4)
  • τῆσ οὖν ἑορτῆσ τελεσθείσησ λέγειν ἐπὶ τὰ ἔργα ἐκπέμποντασ αὐτούσ, Γ̔ύραζε Κᾶρεσ, οὐκέτ’ Ἀνθεστήρια. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , <*/b Ia)mbika/>5)
  • Θύραζε Κῆρεσ, οὐκέτ’ Ἀνθεστήρια· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , <*/b Ia)mbika/>7)
  • ὡσ κατὰ τὴν πόλιν τοῖσ Ἀνθεστηρίοισ τῶν ψυχῶν περιερχομένων. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , <*/b Ia)mbika/>8)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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