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ὄργι-α

orgia

secret religious customs, sacred secret service

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1. ὄργια · orgia — Beekes

ὄργια [n.pl.] ‘secret religious customs, sacred secret service’ (IA). «ἢ» VAR Rarely -tov [sg.]. 1098 opyvia *DER ὀργιάς, -adoc [f.] ‘belonging to 6., orgiastic’ (Man.), ὀργιάζω ‘to celebrate 6., to initiate into the 6. (E, PL, Ph.), also with &&-, ovv-, etc., with ὀργιασ-μός [m.] ‘celebration of the 6.’, -τής [m.] ‘participant in the 6.’ (Str., Plu.); -τικός ‘orgiastic, passionate’ (Arist.). — [Beekes, s.v. ὄργια, p. 1148]

2. ὄργια · orgia — Chantraine

ὄργια : ἢν pl. (ὄργιον est rare et tardif) ; se dit de rites religieux (516 57, 4, inscription des molpes à Milet ves. av., tragiques), mais plus particulièrement pour certains cultes à mystères, notamment ceux de Déméter, Dionysos, des Cabires (H. Déméter 273, 476, Hdt., etc.), parfois employé au figuré (Hp., Ar., etc.); évoque souvent } 1466 d’un culte orgiastique, désigne à l’occasion les objets du culte. Verbe … — [Chantraine, s.v. ὄργια, p. 833]

3. ὄργια · orgia — Frisk

ὄργια π. pl. (selten -ἰον sg.) “geheime religiöse Gebräuche, heiliger Geheimdienst’ (ion. att.); davon doyıds, -άδος f. "zu den ὅ. gehörig, orgiastisch’ (Man.), ὀργιάζω, auch m. ἐξ-, συν- τι. 8.» °ö. feiern, in die ö. einweihen’ (E., Pl., Ph. usw.) mit ὀργιασ-μός m. “Feier der ö.', -τής m. “Teilnehmer an d. ö. (Str., Plu. u.a.), -tixds “orgiastisch, leidenschaftlich’ (Arist.). Hierher noch ὀργεών, auch -fe)ıwv, … — [Frisk, s.v. ὄργια, p. 1384]

4. ὄργι-α · orgi-a — LSJ

secret rites, secret worship, rites, rites

secret rites, secret worship, practised by the initiated, a post-Hom. word ; used of the worship of Demeter at Eleusis, h.Cer. 273, 476. Ar. Ra. 386, Th. 948 ; of the rites of the Cabeiri and Demeter Achaia, Hdt. 2.51, 5.61; of Orpheus, Id. 2.81; of Eumolpus, App.Anth. 1.318 ; of Cybele, E. Ba. 78 (lyr.): most freq. of the rites of Dionysus, Hdt. 2.81, E. Ba. 34, al., Theoc. 26.13.

II rites, sacrifices

generally, rites, sacrifices, SIG 57.4 (Milet., v B. C.), A. Th. 179 (lyr.), S. Tr. 765, Ant. 1013 ; ὄργια Μουσῶν Ar. Ra. 356.

2 mysteries

metaph., mysteries, without reference to religion, ἐπιστήμης Hp. Lex 5 ; τοῖς τῆς Ἀφροδίτης ὀ. εἰλημμένον Ar. Lys. 832, cf. Ach.Tat. 4.1; τὰ Ἐπικούρου θεόφαντα ὄ. Metrod. 38.—The sg. ὄργιον is rare, Jahresh. 13Beibl. 29 No.3 (Erythrae, iv B. C.), Luc. Syr.D. 16, Orph. H. 52.5. (Prob. cogn. with ἔρδω, ῥέζω, cf. ἔργον, ὀργεών.)

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