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ληναῖος

ληναῖος, belonging to the wine-press

ληναῖος, α, ον, (ληνός I)
  • belonging to the wine-press; esp.
      • 1 epith. of Dionysus, as god of the wine-press, D.S. 3.63.
      • 2 Λήναια (sc. ἱερά), τά, the Lenaea, an Athenian (also Rhodian, IG 12(1).125) festival held in the month Ληναιών (i.e. Gamelion) in honour of Dionysus, at which there were dramatic contests, esp. of the Com. Poets, Ar. Ach. 1155 (lyr.).
      • 3 Λήναιον, τό, the Lenaeum, the place at Athens where the Lenaea were held, οὑπὶ Ληναίῳ ἀγών the Lenaean dramatic contest, opp. τὰ κατʼ ἄστυ, ib. 504, cf. Pl. Prt. 327d, Lex ap. D. 21.10; Διονύσια τὰ ἐπὶ Ληναίῳ SIG 1029.9 (iv B.C.).

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