Κάβειροι[ᾰ],οἱ ,
A. the Cabeiri, divinities worshipped especially in Lemnos, Samothrace, and Boeotia, Pi. Fr. 74b Schr., Hdt. 2.51 , 3.37 , Str. 10.3.15 , etc.; at Miletus, Nic.Dam. 52J. ,Milet.(v. infr.), BCH 1.288 ; title of play by Aeschylus, Ath. 10.428f , Sch. Pi. P. 4.303 : sg., Κάβειρος
Pi.
l.c.; freq. in Boeotian Inscrr. (written-βιρ-), IG 7.2457 , al., cf. AP 6.245 ( Diod. ), Q.S. 1.267 :Καβειρίδες Νύμφαι, andΚαβειρώ,ἡ,the sistersandmother of the Cabeiri, Acus. 20J. , Pherecyd. 48
J. :—Adj. Καβειρικός,ή,όν, fem.Καβειριάς,άδος,Cabeiric, St. Byz.:—alsoΚαβειραῖος,α,ον, Id., Paus. 9.25.8 :Καβειρία,ἡ, epith. of Demeter atΚάβειροι, Id. 9.25.5 codd.:Καβείριον,τό,sanctuary of the C., Id. 9.26.2 ; more correctlyΚαβείρ[ε]ιον
IG 11(2).144
A 90
(Delos,iv B.C.):Καβείρια,τά,their mysteries,
Inscr.Perg. 252 , Hsch. :—henceΚαβειριάζομαι,celebrate these mysteries, St.Byz. :Καβῑριάρχας,ὁ, IG 7.2428 ( Boeot. ):