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ὀρειβάσια

First declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀρειβάσια

Etym.: from o)reiba/ths

Sense

  1. a festival in which persons traversed the mountains

Examples

  • τῇ μὲν οὖν ὀρειβασίᾳ τὸ μεταλλευτικὸν καὶ τὸ θηρευτικὸν καὶ ζητητικὸν τῶν πρὸσ τὸν βίον χρησίμων ἐφάνη συγγενέσ, τῶν δ’ ἐνθουσιασμῶν καὶ θρησκείασ καὶ μαντικῆσ τὸ ἀγυρτικὸν καὶ γοητεία ἐγγύσ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 10, chapter 3 34:5)
  • καὶ νῦν δ’ ἔτι ἑορτή τισ ἄγεται παρὰ τοῖσ Προυσιεῦσιν καὶ ὀρειβασία θιασευόντων καὶ καλούντων Ὕλαν, ὡσ ἂν κατὰ ζήτησιν τὴν ἐκείνου πεποιημένων τὴν ἐπὶ τὰσ ὕλασ ἔξοδον. (Strabo, Geography, Book 12, chapter 4 3:8)

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

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