单词 | hilaria |
释义 | Hilarian. A festival in honour of Cybele, celebrated at the vernal equinox. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > other seasons and feasts > classical > [noun] > Cybele Hilaria1728 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Hilaria were solemnized with great Pomp, and rejoycing. 1842 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. 482/2 The hilaria were..either private or public. Among the former..the day on which a person married, and on which a son was born; among the latter, those days of public rejoicings appointed by a new emperor. 1907 L. R. Farnell Cults Greek States III. 301 The Attis-festival of the Hilaria. 1968 Encycl. Brit. II. 147/1 April Fool's Day..resembles the Hilaria of ancient Rome (March 25) and the Huli festival of India. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1728 |
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