Ὀργιάζων
worshipping
Translated by Catharine Roth29 Jan 2004Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning someone who is] sacrificing, celebrating.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὀργιάζων· θύων, ἐπιτελῶν.
Betacode
*)orgia/zwn: qu/wn, e)pitelw=n.
Notes
- Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius omicron435 Theodoridis. If the headword -- present participle, masculine nominative singular, of
o)rgia/zwn -- is directly quoted from somewhere, there are possibilities in two historians (Appian, Civil War 4.6.47; Herodian, Ab excessu divi Augusti 5.5.4). More probably though these entries are generated by the accusative singularo)rgia/zonta in Plato, Laws 910C (cf. under omicron 511); cf. Timaeus, Platonic Lexicon ad loc.)
Linked from2 entries
- ο511Ὀργεῶνεςorgeones[Meaning] those who 'orgize' to privately established gods. To 'orgize' is to perform the 'orgia' of the gods, that is, mysteries and usages. [Book] 4 of Laws [says]: "No internal acquisition of shrines in private…
- ο512Ὀργεῶναςcult-membersThere is a speech of Isaeus to cult-members. Cult-members [o)rgew=nes] are those coming together to honor gods or heroes; for [the verb] o)rgia/zein is sacrificing and seeing the customary acts - either from stretching…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 27 Dec 2014
- coding — Catharine Roth
- augmented note and keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- cosmetic — Catharine Roth
- note, keyword — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth