πανήγυρις

πᾰνήγῠρ-ις, [dialect] Dor. [pref] πανᾱγ-, εως, ἡ, ([etym.] πᾶς, ἄγυρις)

A general or national assembly,

ἐν πανηγύρει βουλευσόμεσθα A.Ag.845

; esp. a festal assembly in honour of a national god,

Δήμητρος ἁγνῆς καὶ Κόρης Archil.120

;

Ζηνὸς ἀμφὶ πανάγυριν Pi.O.9.96

; πανηγύριας πανηγυρίζειν, ποιήσασθαι, to hold such festivals, keep holy-days, Hdt.2.59, 58;

συναγαγεῖν Isoc.4.1

;

διαλύειν X.Cyr.6.1.10

;

ἐς π. θεωρεῖν Ar.Pax342

; θεωρίαι ἐς τὰς ἐν τῇ Ἑλλάδι π. Decr. ap. D.18.91;

Ὀλυμπίαζε εἰς τὴν τῶν Ἑλλήνων π. ἐπανιών Pl.Hp.Mi.363c

; in Caria, PCair.Zen.341 (a) 11 (iii B. C.); in Egypt, PHib.27.76 (iii B. C.), etc.;

ἐν ταῖς π. καὶ δείξεσι τῶν σοφιστῶν Phld.Rh.2.256S.

;

ἁμίλλαις ἱππικαῖς καὶ πανηγύρει προσκαθήμενος Jul.Or.1.39c

;

π. ἐμπορικόν τι πρᾶγμα Str.10.5.4

, cf. CIG4474.35 ([place name] Baetocaece), Prisc.p.277 D.

2 any assembly,

θεῶν ἅδε πανάγυρις A. Th.220

(lyr.); νεοσσῶν, φίλων, E.Heracl.239, HF1283.

3 metaph., π. ὀφθαλμῶν feast for the eyes, Ael.VH3.1, cf. Lib.Or.59.145; τὸν . . Ἔχετον χρυσὸν ἀποδείξων καὶ π. destined to exhibit E. as gold and a feast (by comparison with himself), Eun.Hist.p.236D.

b in bad sense, παίγνιον ὁ βίος καὶ πλάνη καὶ π. Vett. Val.246.2.

II people assembled, τῇ π. δέος ἐγένετο μὴ . . Th.5.50: generally, crowd, audience,

ὅταν ᾖ π. Thphr.Char.6.7

.