Ἀνθεστηριών
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from Ἀνθεστήρῐᾰ (Anthestḗria), an Attic and Ionian festival held around this time in honor of Dionysus, the dead, and the coming spring, named for the flowers used to decorate homes, drinking vessels, and children.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /an.tʰes.tɛː.ri.ɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /an.tʰes.te̝.riˈon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /an.θes.ti.riˈon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /an.θes.ti.riˈon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /an.θes.ti.riˈon/
Proper noun[edit]
Ἀνθεστηρῐών • (Anthestēriṓn) m (genitive Ἀνθεστηρῐῶνος); third declension
- Anthesterion: the eighth month of the Attic calendar, corresponding to the lunar term around February and March.
Inflection[edit]
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ἀνθεστηρῐών ho Anthestēriṓn | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ἀνθεστηρῐῶνος toû Anthestēriônos | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ἀνθεστηρῐῶνῐ tôi Anthestēriôni | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ἀνθεστηρῐῶνᾰ tòn Anthestēriôna | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἀνθεστηρῐών Anthestēriṓn | ||||||||||||
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Descendants[edit]
- Greek: Ανθεστηριώνας (Anthestiriónas)
References[edit]
- “Ἀνθεστηριών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ἀνθεστηριών”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Ἀνθεστηριών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- february idem, page 313.
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