Ἀδώνια
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
τά, mourning for Adonis, Cratin. 15, Pherecr. 170.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Ἀδώνια: τά (sc. ἱερά) адонии, поминки по Адонису Arph.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Ἀδώνια: τά, ὁ θρῆνος ὁ διὰ τὸν Ἄδωνιν τελούμενος κατ’ ἐνιαυτὸν ὑπὸ τῶν Ἑλληνίδων δεσποινῶν, Κρατῖν. ἐν «Βουκόλοις» 2, πρβλ. Ἄδωνις: - Ἐντεῦθεν Ἀδωνιάζουσαι (ὡς εἰ ἐκ ῥήματος Ἀδωνιάζω = ἑορτάζω, τελῶ τὰ Ἀδώνια)· ἐπιγραφὴ τοῦ 15ου εἰδυλλ. τοῦ Θεοκρίτου.
Greek Monotonic
Ἀδώνια: τά, ο θρήνος για τον Άδωνι που τελούνταν ετησίως από Ελληνίδες έγγαμες ηλικιωμένες γυναίκες· απ' όπου Ἀδωνιάζουσαι, αἱ (όπως αν προερχόταν από το Ἀδωνιάζω· εορτάζω, τελώ τα Αδώνια), επιγραφή του 15ου ειδυλλίου του Θεόκρ.
Middle Liddell
the mourning for Adonis, celebrated yearly by Greek matrons:
English (Woodhouse)
Wikipedia EN
The Adonia (Greek: Ἀδώνια) was a festival celebrated annually by women in ancient Greece to mourn the death of Adonis, the consort of Aphrodite. It is best attested in classical Athens, though other sources provide evidence for the ritual mourning of Adonis elsewhere in the Greek world, including Hellenistic Alexandria and Argos in the second century AD.
