Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀνέορτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνέορτος

Structure: ἀνεορτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e(orth/

Sense

  1. without festival, without share in festal

Examples

  • δίκασ σοι δοῦναι προσῆκε, πάντασ δὲ θεούσ τε καὶ ἡρ́ωασ καὶ δαίμονασ πόλιν τε καὶ χώραν ἀπολαῦσαι τῆσ τῶν δημάρχων ἀνοίασ, καὶ μηδὲν ἐξαίρετον μηδ’ ἀτιμώρητον ἀφεῖσθαι μέροσ ὑπὸ σοῦ, οὐχ ἱκανὰσ ἤδη παρὰ πάντων εἰσπέπραξαι δίκασ τοσοῦτον μὲν φόνον ἐργασάμενοσ ἀνθρώπων, τοσαύτην δὲ χώραν πυρὶ καὶ σιδήρῳ λωβησάμενοσ, τοσαύτασ δὲ πόλεισ ἐκ βάθρων ἀναστήσασ, ἑορτὰσ δὲ καὶ θυσίασ καὶ σεβασμοὺσ θεῶν καὶ δαιμόνων ἐν πολλοῖσ τόποισ ἀνεόρτουσ ἀναγκάσασ γενέσθαι καὶ ἀθύτουσ καὶ τιμῶν νομίμων ἀμοίρουσ; (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 8, chapter 25 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. without festival

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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