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ἑορτή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑορτή ἑορτῆς

Structure: ἑορτ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. feast, festival, holiday
  2. amusement, pastime
  3. (with or without τοῦ πάσχα) the Passover

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἑορτή ἑορτᾱ́ ἑορταί
Genitive ἑορτῆς ἑορταῖν ἑορτῶν
Dative ἑορτῇ ἑορταῖν ἑορταῖς
Accusative ἑορτήν ἑορτᾱ́ ἑορτᾱ́ς
Vocative ἑορτή ἑορτᾱ́ ἑορταί

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

  • λάλησον τοῖσ υἱοῖσ Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἐρεῖσ πρὸσ αὐτούσ. αἱ ἑορταὶ Κυρίου, ἃσ καλέσετε αὐτὰσ κλητὰσ ἁγίασ, αὗταί εἰσιν αἱ ἑορταί μου. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 23:2)
  • Αὗται αἱ ἑορταὶ τῷ Κυρίῳ κληταὶ ἅγιαι, ἃσ καλέσετε αὐτὰσ ἐν τοῖσ καιροῖσ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 23:4)
  • Αὗται ἑορταὶ Κυρίῳ, ἃσ καλέσετε κλητὰσ ἁγίασ, ὥστε προσενέγκαι καρπώματα τῷ Κυρίῳ, ὁλοκαυτώματα καὶ θυσίασ αὐτῶν καὶ σπονδὰσ αὐτῶν τὸ καθ̓ ἡμέραν εἰσ ἡμέραν. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 23:37)
  • καὶ ἐμνήσθην τῆσ προφητείασ Ἀμώσ, καθὼσ εἶπε. στραφήσονται αἱ ἑορταὶ ὑμῶν εἰσ πένθοσ καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ εὐφροσύναι ὑμῶν εἰσ θρῆνον, (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 2:6)

Synonyms

  1. amusement

  2. the Passover

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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