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Ădōnĭa: ōrum, n., τὰ Ἀδώνια,
I the festival of Adonis. It returned annually in June, about the time of the summer solstice, and was celebrated (even in Rome; cf. Manso, Essays on Myth.) with alternate lamentations and exultations, on account of the death of Adonis, Amm. 22, 9. This festival was a symbol of the dying and reviving again of nature; cf. Hier. ad Ez. 8; Creuz. Symb. 2, 86; Böttig. Sab. 1, 261 sq.

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-|lshtext=<b>Ădōnĭa</b>: ōrum, n., τὰ [[Ἀδώνια]]>,<br /><b>I</b> the [[festival]] of [[Adonis]]. It returned [[annually]] in June, [[about]] the [[time]] of the [[summer]] [[solstice]], and [[was]] [[celebrated]] ([[even]] in [[Rome]]; cf. Manso, Essays on Myth.) [[with]] alternate lamentations and exultations, on [[account]] of the [[death]] of [[Adonis]], Amm. 22, 9. This [[festival]] [[was]] a [[symbol]] of the [[dying]] and reviving [[again]] of [[nature]]; cf. Hier. ad Ez. 8; Creuz. Symb. 2, 86; Böttig. Sab. 1, 261 sq.
+|lshtext=<b>Ădōnĭa</b>: ōrum, n., τὰ [[Ἀδώνια]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[festival]] of [[Adonis]]. It returned [[annually]] in June, [[about]] the [[time]] of the [[summer]] [[solstice]], and [[was]] [[celebrated]] ([[even]] in [[Rome]]; cf. Manso, Essays on Myth.) [[with]] alternate lamentations and exultations, on [[account]] of the [[death]] of [[Adonis]], Amm. 22, 9. This [[festival]] [[was]] a [[symbol]] of the [[dying]] and reviving [[again]] of [[nature]]; cf. Hier. ad Ez. 8; Creuz. Symb. 2, 86; Böttig. Sab. 1, 261 sq.
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