Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὁρτή ‎(hortḗ) (Ionic)

Noun

ἑορτή • ‎(heortḗ) f ‎(genitive ἑορτῆς); first declension

1. feast
   1. festival, holiday
   2. amusement, pastime
   3. (with or without τοῦ πάσχα) the Passover

Inflection

Related terms

• ἑορτάζω ‎(heortázō, “to keep or celebrate a festival”)

References

• ἑορτή in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἑορτή in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἑορτή in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ἑορτή» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ἑορτή» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “G1859”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • amusement idem, page 28.
  • anniversary idem, page 30.
  • carnival idem, page 114.
  • celebratlon idem, page 120.
  • fair idem, page 302.
  • feast idem, page 312.
  • festival idem, page 316.
  • holiday idem, page 403.
  • thanksgiving idem, page 864.
  • triumph idem, page 896.