A.celebrate or attend a public festival, πανηγύριας π. keep holy-days, Hdt.2.59; “Ὀλύμπια καὶ Κάρνεια π.” Plu.2.873e; “τὴν τῶν ἐπινικίων ἡμέραν” POxy.705.35 (iii A. D.): abs., PSI4.374.15 (iii B. C.); π. ἐς πόλιν go to a city to attend a festival, Hdn.1.9.2: metaph., enjoy oneself, Alex.219.17, Ael.VH13.1.
2. frequent fairs or markets, App.Pun.116.
II. later, make a set speech in a public assembly, deliver a panegyric, Isoc.5.13, Plu.2.802e.
2. Pass., sound as at a festival, of flutes, etc., Heraclit.All.9.