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Ἀδώνια

From LSJ

Αὐτάρκης ἔσῃ, ἂν μάθῃς τί τὸ καλὸν κἀγαθόν ἐστι → You will be contented with your lot if you learn what the honourable and good is

Plutarch, De virtute et vitio
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Full diacritics: Ἀδώνια Medium diacritics: Ἀδώνια Low diacritics: Αδώνια Capitals: ΑΔΩΝΙΑ
Transliteration A: Adṓnia Transliteration B: Adōnia Transliteration C: Adonia Beta Code: *)adw/nia

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)

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.