ΘΕΣΜΟΦΟΡΙΑ, θεσμοφορια
THESMOPHORIA, thesmophoria
Sounds Like: thess-moh-foh-REE-ah
Translations: Thesmophoria, a festival of Demeter
From the root: ΘΕΣΜΟΦΟΡΙΑ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: The Thesmophoria was an ancient Greek festival held in honor of the goddess Demeter and her daughter Persephone. It was celebrated by women to ensure the fertility of the land and a good harvest. The name is a compound word, combining 'θεσμός' (thesmos), meaning 'law' or 'ordinance', and 'φέρω' (phero), meaning 'to bear' or 'to carry', referring to Demeter as the 'law-bringer' or 'giver of customs' related to agriculture.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:19
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΘΕΣΜΟΦΟΡΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΘΕΣΜΟΦΟΡΙΑΖΟΥΣΑΙ — celebrating the Thesmophoria, observing the Thesmophoria
- ΘΕΣΜΟΦΟΡΙΟΙΣ — Thesmophoria, to the Thesmophoria, for the Thesmophoria
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