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πᾰνήγῠρ-ις

paneguris · ἡ

general, national assembly, a festal assembly

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What it meant

πᾰνήγῠρ-ις · panēgyr-is — LSJ

general, national assembly, a festal assembly, such festivals, holy-days

general or national assembly, ἐν πανηγύρει βουλευσόμεσθα A. Ag. 845; esp. a festal assembly in honour of a national god, Δήμητρος ἁγνῆς καὶ Κόρης Archil. 120; Ζηνὸς ἀμφὶ πανάγυριν Pi. O. 9.96; πανηγύριας πανηγυρίζειν, ποιήσασθαι, to hold such festivals, keep holy-days, Hdt. 2.59, 58; συναγαγεῖν Isoc. 4.1; διαλύειν X. Cyr. 6.1.10; ἐς π. θεωρεῖν Ar. Pax 342; θεωρίαι ἐς τὰς ἐν τῇ Ἑλλάδι π. Decr. ap. D. 18.91; Ὀλυμπίαζε εἰς τὴν τῶν Ἑλλήνων π. ἐπανιών Pl. Hp.Mi. 363c; in Caria, PCair.Zen. 341 (a) 11

2 any assembly

any assembly, θεῶν ἅδε πανάγυρις A. Th. 220 (lyr.); νεοσσῶν, φίλων, E. Heracl. 239, HF 1283.

3 feast, feast

metaph., π. ὀφθαλμῶν feast for the eyes, Ael. VH 3.1, cf. Lib. Or. 59.145; τὸν . . Ἔχετον χρυσὸν ἀποδείξων καὶ π. destined to exhibit E. as gold and a feast (by comparison with himself), Eun. Hist. p.236D.

b

in bad sense, παίγνιον ὁ βίος καὶ πλάνη καὶ π. Vett.Val. 246.2.

II people assembled, crowd, audience

people assembled, τῇ π. δέος ἐγένετο μὴ . . Th. 5.50: generally, crowd, audience, ὅταν ᾖ π. Thphr. Char. 6.7.

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