κισσοφορία

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καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλοννικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)

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Transliteration A: kissophoría Transliteration B: kissophoria Transliteration C: kissoforia Beta Code: kissofori/a

English (LSJ)

ἡ, wearing of ivy-wreaths, in plural, IG12 (2).484.5 (Mytil.).

Greek Monolingual

κισσοφορία, ἡ (Α) κισσοφορώ
1. το να φέρει κάποιος κισσό
2. γιορτή στην οποία συμμετείχαν στεφανωμένοι με κισσό.