ἑορτάζω

heortazo

keep festival

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 122 842a15–35

842a19
Oeconomica 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1347a28
Politics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 2 1324a5–1325a15

1324b17
Rhetoric 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 3 1380a10–1380b34

1380b3

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἑορτάζω, in Ion.Prose ὁρτάζω· impf. ἑώρταζον (with irreg. augm.) Isoc. 19.40, Paus. 4.19.4: fut. -άσω Luc. Merc.Cond. 16, Alciphr. 3.18, etc.: aor. ἑώρτασα D.C. 48.34, etc.; inf. ἑορτάσαι Ar. Ach. 1079, Pl. R. 458a; cf. διεορτάζω: (ἑορτή):—Α. keep festival or holiday, Hdt. 2.60, 122, E. IT 1458, etc.; ἑορτὰς ἑ. celebrate festivals, X. Ath. 3.2; ἡμέρας τέτταρας Plu. Cam. 42; τὴν γενέθλιόν τινος OGI 493.26 (Ephesus, ii A.D.); ἑ. τῷ θεῷ Luc. Anach. 23. II. celebrate as a festival, νίκην ἑ. celebrate it by a festival, Plu. 2.349f, cf. Ant. 56; at Rome, celebrate by a triumph, D.C. 51.21.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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