apellai

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

apellai

  1. An initiation family-festival which was dedicated to Apollo (Doric form: Ἀπέλλων).
    • Doric verb "apellazein" and the family-festival "apellai": Nilsson, Vol I, p.556

Noun

apellai

  1. plural of apella

References
  1. Hesychius: ἀπέλλαι (apéllai), σηκοί (sēkoí, “folds”), εκκλησίαι (ekklēsíai, “popular assemblies”): Nilsson, Vol. I, p. 556
  2. ἀπελλάζω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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