οἰνιστήρια
ἢ τοὺς πότους ἐρεῖς δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τὰ δεῖπνα καὶ ἐσθῆτα καὶ ἀφροδίσια, καὶ δέδιας μὴ τούτων ἐνδεὴς γενόμενος ἀπόλωμαι. οὐκ ἐννοεῖς δὲ ὅτι τὸ μὴ διψῆν τοῦ πιεῖν πολὺ κάλλιον καὶ τὸ μὴ πεινῆν τοῦ φαγεῖν καὶ τὸ μὴ ῥιγοῦν τοῦ ἀμπεχόνης εὐπορεῖν; → There you'll go, talking of drinking and dining and dressing up and screwing, worrying I'll be lost without all that. Don't you realize how much better it is to have no thirst, than to drink? to have no hunger, than to eat? to not be cold, than to possess a wardrobe of finery? (Lucian, On Mourning 16)
English (LSJ)
(sc. ἱερά), τά, festival at which Athenians cut off the μαλλός, κόννος or σκόλλυς of their sons previous to their being enrolled among the ἔφηβοι, at the same time offering a measure of wine (οἴνου μέτρον) to Heracles, and drinking part of it to the health of their φράτερες, Eup.135, Hsch., Phot. (οἰνιαστήρια in Eust.907.18).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
οἰνιστήρια: (ἐξυπ. ἱερά), τά, ἡ ἑορτὴ, καθ’ ἣν οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι πολῖται ἀπέκειρον τὸν μαλλόν, κόννον ἢ σκόλλυν τῶν υἱῶν αὐτῶν πρὶ ἐγγράψωσιν αὐτοὺς εἰς τοὺς ἐφήβους, τότε δὲ προσέφερον καὶ μέτρον οἴνου εἰς τὸν Ἡρακλέα, καὶ σπείσαντες ἔδιδον ἀκολούθως εἰς τοὺς συνελθόντας νὰ πίωσιν, Εὔπολις ἐν «Δήμοις» 28Α, πρβλ. Εὐστ. 907. 18, Ἡσύχ., Φώτ. Τὸ πρὸς τοῦτο ἐν χρήσει ποτήριον ἐκαλεῖτο οἰνιστηρία, ἡ, Πάμφιλ. παρ’ Ἀθην. 494F· ἢ οἰνίστρια, Πολυδ. Ϛ΄, 22.
