ἐλαφηβολιών
From LSJ
αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων → always strive for excellence and prevail over others (Iliad 6.208, 11.784)
English (LSJ)
ῶνος, ὁ (sc. μήν), the ninth month of the Attic year, in which
A the Elaphebolia were held, Foed. ap. Th.4.118, etc.; also at Iasos, CIG2675; at Apollonia in Chalcidice, Hegesand.40.
German (Pape)
[Seite 792] ῶνος, ὁ, der neunte Monat im attischen Jahre (die zweite Hälfte des März u. die erste des April), in welchem das Fest der ἐλαφηβόλια gefeiert wurde, Thuc. 4, 118 u. A.
