ἑορτή

heorte

feast, festival, holiday

Appears 19 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 12
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Book II 1
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653d5
Book VI 1
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775b6
Book VII 4
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809d3
816c4
799a5
813a2
Book VIII 6
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828c1
828c5
834e4
835e1
828a2
835b4
Republic 3
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Book I 1
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327a2
Book V 1
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459e5
Book IX 1
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573d2
Epinomis 1
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985e6
Ion 1
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535d3
Phaedo 1
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61a5
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197d3

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἑορτή, in Ion. Prose ὁρτή (so Schwyzer 726.21 (Milet., v B.C.), prob. in Ion Trag.21, but ἑορτή Schwyzer 725.12 (Milet., vi B. C.)), ἡ, Α. feast, festival, holiday, ἐπεὶ καὶ πᾶσιν ἑ. Od. 20.156; ἑ. τοῖο θεοῖο 21.258; ἐούσης ὁρτῆς τῇ Ἥρῃ τοῖσι Ἀργείοισι Hdt. 1.31; ὁρτὴν ἄγειν keep a feast, ib.147, cf. Th. 4.5, etc.; ἄξεις τότʼ ἀμελιτῖτιν ὁρτὴν ἐξ ὁρτῆς Herod. 5.85; ὁρτὴν ποιευμένους Hdt. 1.150; ὁρτὴν ἀνάγειν Id. 2.40,48, al.; ἑορτὰς ἑορτάσαι X. Ath. 3.2; ἑορτὴν τῇ θεῷ ποιεῖν Th. 2.15; ἡ τῶν Παναθηναίων ἑ. D. 4.35: metaph., οἵας ἑορτῆς ἔστʼ ἀπόπτυστοι θεοῖς στέργηθρʼ ἔχουσαι, of the Eumenides, A. Eu. 191; ἑορτὴ ὄψεως Ael. VH 13.1. 2. generally, holiday-making, amusement, pastime, παιδιᾶς καὶ ἑορτῆς χάριν Pl. Phdr. 276b, etc.; so ἑορτὴν ἡγεῖσθαι τὸ τὰ δέοντα πρᾶξαι Th. 1.70. 3. prov., κατόπιν ἑορτῆς ἥκειν to have come the day after the fair, Pl. Grg. 447a; ἀεργοῖς αἰὲν ἑορτά every dayʼs a holiday to those who donʼt work, Theoc. 15.26, cf. Herod. 6.17; ἄγουσιν ἑ. οἱ κλέπται Suid. 4. assembled multitude at a festival, ὄχλος καὶ ἑ. καὶ στρατὸς καὶ πλῆθος Plot. 6.6.12.

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