Ἀνθεστηριών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Ἀνθεστήρῐᾰ (Anthestḗrĭă), 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

 

Proper noun

Ἀνθεστηρῐών • (Anthestērĭṓn) m (genitive Ἀνθεστηρῐῶνος); third declension

  1. Anthesterion: the eighth month of the Attic calendar, corresponding to the lunar term around February and March.

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἀνθεστηρῐών; τοῦ Ἀνθεστηρῐῶνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἀνθεστηρῐών
ho Anthestērĭṓn
Genitive τοῦ Ἀνθεστηρῐῶνος
toû Anthestērĭônos
Dative τῷ Ἀνθεστηρῐῶνῐ
tōî Anthestērĭônĭ
Accusative τὸν Ἀνθεστηρῐῶνᾰ
tòn Anthestērĭônă
Vocative Ἀνθεστηρῐών
Anthestērĭṓn
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Ανθεστηριώνας (Anthestiriónas)

References

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