A.“ἑορτή” Schwyzer725.12 (Milet., vi B. C.)), ἡ, feast, festival, holiday, “ἐπεὶ καὶ πᾶσιν ἑ.” Od.20.156; “ἑ. τοῖο θεοῖο” 21.258; “ἐούσης ὁρτῆς τῇ Ἥρῃ τοῖσι Ἀργείοισι” Hdt.1.31; ὁρτὴν ἄγειν keep a feast, ib.147, cf. Th.4.5, etc.; “ἄξεις τότ᾽ ἀμελιτῖτιν ὁρτὴν ἐξ ὁρτῆς” Herod.5.85; “ὁρτὴν ποιευμένους” Hdt.1.150; “ὁρτὴν ἀνάγειν” Id.2.40,48, al.; “ἑορτὰς ἑορτάσαι” X.Ath.3.2; “ἑορτὴν τῇ θεῷ ποιεῖν” Th.2.15; “ἡ τῶν Παναθηναίων ἑ.” D.4.35: metaph., οἵας ἑορτῆς ἔστ᾽ ἀπόπτυστοι θεοῖς στέργηθρ᾽ ἔχουσαι, of the Eumenides, A.Eu. 191; “ἑορτὴ ὄψεως” Ael.VH13.1.
2. generally, holiday-making, amusement, pastime, “παιδιᾶς καὶ ἑορτῆς χάριν” Pl.Phdr.276b, etc.; so “ἑορτὴν ἡγεῖσθαι τὸ τὰ δέοντα πρᾶξαι” Th.1.70.