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Ἀδώνια

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L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145

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.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

Ἀδώνια: τά (sc. ἱερά) адонии, поминки по Адонису Arph.

Middle Liddell


the mourning for Adonis, celebrated yearly by Greek matrons:

English (Woodhouse)

feast of Adonis

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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.