Ἀνθεστήρια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”), from the flowers used to decorate homes, drinking vessels, and children during the festival.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἀνθεστήρῐᾰ • (Anthestḗrĭă) n (genitive Ἀνθεστηρῐ́ων); second declension

  1. Anthesteria or the Anthesteria: an Attic and Ionian festival held over three days in late February or early March in honor of Dionysus, the dead, and the coming spring

Inflection

Second declension of τᾰ̀ Ἀνθεστήρῐᾰ; τῶν Ἀνθεστηρῐ́ων (Attic)
Case / # Plural
Nominative τᾰ̀ Ἀνθεστήρῐᾰ
tằ Anthestḗrĭă
Genitive τῶν Ἀνθεστηρῐ́ων
tôn Anthestērĭ́ōn
Dative τοῖς Ἀνθεστηρῐ́οις
toîs Anthestērĭ́ois
Accusative τᾰ̀ Ἀνθεστήρῐᾰ
tằ Anthestḗrĭă
Vocative Ἀνθεστήρῐᾰ
Anthestḗrĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Hyponyms

  • Πιθοίγια (Pithoígia, “the first day of Anthesteria”)
  • Χοαί (Khoaí, “the second day of Anthesteria”)
  • Χύτροι (Khútroi, “the third day of Anthesteria”)

Derived terms

References

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