ἑορτή
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἑορτή
ἑορτῆς
Structure:
ἑορτ
(Stem)
+
η
(Ending)
Sense
- feast, festival, holiday
- amusement, pastime
- (with or without τοῦ πάσχα) the Passover
Declension
First 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.
- Ῥωμαϊκῶν οὐχ ὁμιλήσαντεσ πολλοῖσ Ἑλληνικοῖσ ποιηταῖσ καὶ συγγραφεῦσιν οὐκ ἴσασιν ὅθεν εἴληφεν ὁ Οὐάρρων τὸ ἰαμβεῖον, σὺ δέ μοι δοκεῖσ, ὦ Κύνουλκε ̔τούτῳ γὰρ χαίρεισ τῷ ὀνόματι, οὐ λέγων ὃ ἐκ γενετῆσ σε ἡ μήτηρ κέκληκε ̓ κατὰ τὸν σὸν Τίμωνα εἶναὶ ̔ μοι καλὸσ τε μέγασ τε οὐκ ἐπιστάμενοσ ὅτι κόγχοσ παρὰ προτέρῳ μνήμησ τετύχηκεν Ἐπιχάρμῳ ἐν τᾷ Εὁρτᾷ καὶ Νάσοισ Ἀντιφάνει τε τῷ κωμικῷ, ὃσ ὑποκοριστικώτερον αὐτὸν ὠνόμασεν ἐν Γάμῳ οὕτωσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 51 1:5)
- πολλάκι δ’ ἐν κορυφαῖσ ὀρέων, ὅκα θεοῖσιν ἅδῃ πολύφανοσ ἑορτά, χρύσεον ἄγγοσ ἔχοισα μέγαν σκύφον, οἱᾶ́ τε ποιμένεσ ἄνδρεσ ἔχουσιν, χερσὶ λεόντεον ἐγγάλα θεῖσα τυρὸν ἐτύρησασ μέγαν ἄτρυφον ἀργιφόνταν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 99 6:1)
- ἀεργοῖσ αἰὲν ἑορτά. (Theocritus, Idylls, 30)
- κατέσχον οὖν καὶ τὰσ νήσουσ τὰσ ἐν τῷ Ἴστρῳ τὰσ πλείουσ, ἦσαν δὲ καὶ πόλεισ αὐτοῖσ Εὅρτα καὶ Καπέδουνον. (Strabo, Geography, Book 7, chapter 5 24:5)
Synonyms
-
amusement
-
the Passover
