Ἀνθεστηριών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Ἀνθεστήρῐᾰ (Anthestḗria), an Attic and Ionian festival held around this time in honor of Dionysus, the dead, and the coming spring, named for the flowers used to decorate homes, drinking vessels, and children.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.tʰes.tɛː.ri.ɔ̌ːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /an.tʰes.te̝.riˈon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /an.θes.ti.riˈon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /an.θes.ti.riˈon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /an.θes.ti.riˈon/

Proper noun

Ἀνθεστηρῐών • (Anthestēriṓn) m (genitive Ἀνθεστηρῐῶνος); third declension

Anthesterion: the eighth month of the Attic calendar, corresponding to the lunar term around February and March.

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἀνθεστηρῐών; τοῦ Ἀνθεστηρῐῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀνθεστηρῐών ho Anthestēriṓn
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀνθεστηρῐῶνος toû Anthestēriônos
Dative	τῷ Ἀνθεστηρῐῶνῐ tôi Anthestēriôni
Accusative	τὸν Ἀνθεστηρῐῶνᾰ tòn Anthestēriôna
Vocative	Ἀνθεστηρῐών Anthestēriṓn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“Ἀνθεστηριών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Ἀνθεστηριών”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Ἀνθεστηριών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- february idem, page 313.