- ἑορτή
- ἑορτήGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `feast, religious faest' (Od.).Dialectal forms: Ion. ὁρτή (with hyphaeresis)Compounds: As 2. member in φιλ-έορτος (Ar. in lyr.) a. o.Derivatives: Adj. ἑορταῖος `belonging to the feast' (D. H.), ἑορτώδης `festal' (J., Ph.) and denomin. ἑορτάζω, ὁρτάζω `celebrate a feast' (Ion.-Att.) with ἑόρτασις (Pl.), -ιμος (J. ; Arbenz Die Adj. auf -ιμος 87), ἑόρτασμα (LXX), ἑορταστής (Poll., Max. Tyr.), ἑορταστικός `fitting to a feast' (Pl. Lg. 829b u. a.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Verbal noun in -τή (Schwyzer 501, Chantraine Formation 301f.), but without further cognate. Acc. to Sonne KZ 13, 442 n. from *Ϝε-Ϝορ-τή to ἔροτις, ἔρανος (s. v.); s. also Brugmann IF 13, 155ff. ἦρα etc. (s. v.). See Solmsen Unt. 257, on the spir. asper Sommer Lautstud. 124ff.Page in Frisk: 1,531
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.