ἑορτ-ή,
in Ionic dialect Prose ὁρτή (so [[ “Schwyzer” 726.21 (Milet., 5th c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+], probably in Ion Trag.21, but ἑορτή [[ “Schwyzer” 725.12 (Milet., 6th c.BC))] Refs 6th c.BC+], ἡ, feast, festival, holiday, ἐπεὶ καὶ πᾶσιν ἑ. [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.156; ἑ. τοῖο θεοῖο 21.258; ἐούσης ὁρτῆς τῇ Ἥρῃ τοῖσι Ἀργείοισι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.31 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁρτὴν ἄγειν keep a feast,[[ [prev. work] 147, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.5, etc.; ἄξεις τότ᾽ ἀμελιτῖτιν ὁρτὴν ἐξ ὁρτῆς 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 5.85; ὁρτὴν ποιευμένους 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.150; ὁρτὴν ἀνάγειν [prev. author] 2.40, 48, +others; ἑορτὰς ἑορτάσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 3.2; ἑορτὴν τῇ θεῷ ποιεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.15; ἡ τῶν Παναθηναίων ἑ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.35: _metaphorically_, οἵας ἑορτῆς ἔστ᾽ ἀπόπτυστοι θεοῖς στέργηθρ᾽ ἔχουσαι, of the Eumenides, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 191; ἑορτὴ ὄψεως 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 13.1. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 generally, holiday-making, amusement, pastime, παιδιᾶς καὶ ἑορτῆς χάριν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 276b, etc.; so ἑορτὴν ἡγεῖσθαι τὸ τὰ δέοντα πρᾶξαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.70. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 proverbial, κατόπιν ἑορτῆς ἥκειν to have come the day after the fair, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 447a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀεργοῖς αἰὲν ἑορτά every day's a holiday to those who don't work, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.26, compare 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 6.17; ἄγουσιν ἑ. οἱ κλέπται 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]