ἑορτή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=in Ion. Prose ὁρτή (so <span class="title">Schwyzer</span>726.21 (Milet., v B.C.), prob. in Ion Trag.21, but <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἑορτή <span class="title">Schwyzer</span>725.12 (Milet., vi B. C.)), ἡ, [[feast]], [[festival]], [[holiday]], ἐπεὶ καὶ πᾶσιν ἑ. <span class="bibl">Od.20.156</span>; ἑ. τοῖο θεοῖο <span class="bibl">21.258</span>; ἐούσης ὁρτῆς τῇ Ἥρῃ τοῖσι Ἀργείοισι <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.31</span>; <b class="b3">ὁρτὴν ἄγειν</b> keep [[a feast]], ib.<span class="bibl">147</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.4.5</span>, etc.; ἄξεις τότ' ἀμελιτῖτιν ὁρτὴν ἐξ ὁρτῆς <span class="bibl">Herod.5.85</span>; ὁρτὴν ποιευμένους <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.150</span>; ὁρτὴν ἀνάγειν <span class="bibl">Id.2.40</span>,<span class="bibl">48</span>, al.; ἑορτὰς ἑορτάσαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ath.</span>3.2</span>; ἑορτὴν τῇ θεῷ ποιεῖν <span class="bibl">Th.2.15</span>; ἡ τῶν Παναθηναίων ἑ. <span class="bibl">D.4.35</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">οἵας ἑορτῆς ἔστ' ἀπόπτυστοι θεοῖς στέργηθρ' ἔχουσαι</b>, of the Eumenides, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span> 191</span>; ἑορτὴ ὄψεως <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>13.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, <b class="b2">holiday-making, amusement, pastime</b>, παιδιᾶς καὶ ἑορτῆς χάριν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>276b</span>, etc.; so ἑορτὴν ἡγεῖσθαι τὸ τὰ δέοντα πρᾶξαι <span class="bibl">Th.1.70</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> prov., <b class="b3">κατόπιν ἑορτῆς ἥκειν</b> to have come the day after [[the fair]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>447a</span>; <b class="b3">ἀεργοῖς αἰὲν ἑορτά</b> every day's [[a holiday]] to those who don't work, <span class="bibl">Theoc. 15.26</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Herod.6.17</span>; ἄγουσιν ἑ. οἱ κλέπται Suid. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[assembled multitude at a festival]], ὄχλος καὶ ἑ. καὶ στρατὸς καὶ πλῆθος <span class="bibl">Plot.6.6.12</span>.</span>