apellai
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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀπέλλαι (apéllai), plural form of ἀπέλλα (apélla, “fold, fence for animals”); compare Laconian Ancient Greek ἀπελλάζω (apellázō, “to assemble”).[1][2]
Noun
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- An initiation family-festival which was dedicated to Apollo
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References
- ^ Hesychius: ἀπέλλαι (apéllai), σηκοί (sēkoí, “folds”), ἐκκλησίαι (ekklēsíai, “popular assemblies”): Nilsson, Vol. I, p. 556
- ^ “ἀπελλάζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press