ληναῖος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ([[ληνός]] ''1'') [[belonging to the winepress]]; esp. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[epithet]] of [[Dionysus]], as [[god of the winepress]], <span class="bibl">D.S.3.63</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[Λήναια]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἱερά]]), τά, the [[Lenaea]], an Athenian (also Rhodian, <span class="title">IG</span>12(1).125) [[festival]] held in the [[month]] [[Ληναιών]] (i.e. [[Gamelion]]) in honour of [[Dionysus]], at which there were dramatic contests, especially of the Com. Poets, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>1155</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[Λήναιον]], τό, the [[Lenaeum]], the place at Athens where the Lenaea were held, <b class="b3">οὑπὶ Ληναίῳ ἀγών</b> the <span class="title">Lenaean</span> dramatic contest, opp. <b class="b3">τὰ κατ' ἄστυ</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">504</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>327d</span>, Lex ap. <span class="bibl">D.21.10</span>; Διονύσια τὰ ἐπὶ Ληναίῳ <span class="title">SIG</span>1029.9 (iv B.C.).</span>