LOGOI

The corpus record

ἡγ-ητηρία

egeteria · ἡ

mass of dried figs, borne in procession at the Attic Πλυντήρια

Generated live from the audited corpus — every figure on this page is a database query, not prose from memory.

What it meant — LSJ

mass of dried figs, borne in procession at the Attic Πλυντήρια, which was considered the first step in civilized life

mass of dried figs, borne in procession at the Attic Πλυντήρια, in memory of the discovery of this food, which was considered the first step in civilized life, Ath. 3.74d, Porph. Abst. 2.7, Hsch., Phot.: ἡγητορία, EM 418.49: ἡγήτρια, Eust. 1399.29.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

Ask the librarian

Ask about ἡγ-ητηρία →