Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

θεοίνια

Irregular declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: θεοίνια

Etym.: oi)=nos

Sense

  1. the feast of the wine-god

Examples

  • ἁγιστεύω καὶ εἰμὶ καθαρὰ καὶ ἁγνὴ ἀπό <τε> τῶν ἄλλων τῶν οὐ καθαρευόντων καὶ ἀπ’ ἀνδρὸσ συνουσίασ, καὶ τὰ θεοίνια καὶ τὰ ἰοβάκχεια γεραρῶ τῷ Διονύσῳ κατὰ τὰ πάτρια καὶ ἐν τοῖσ καθήκουσι χρόνοισ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 119:1)

Similar forms

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

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