ἑορτή: Difference between revisions

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