orgia

orgia [CL < ὄργια] 1 secret rites, mysteries (esp. of Bacchus). Liberalia et Bacchanalia nec non et ~ia nuncupari veterum antiquitas verae religionis expers decreverat Aldh. Met. 123; ~ea, mysteria Bacchi GlC O 260; rediturus ad orgia Bachi Babio 381; suntque ejus proprie cerimonie, sicut et Liberi ~ia Alb. Lond. DG 7. 1; ~ia tam Bacchi quam Dionysii denuo celebrabant Gir. PI I 20; debacchantibus inter ~ia Bacchi Neckam NR 157. 2 religious service. vestris ~iis, sacrificiis geowrum cyrcþenungum GlP 533; munia atque ~ia ‥ complevit Byrht. V. Ecgwini 354 (v. munia 1a); assidue divina patravere ~ia et munia Id. V. Osw. 424. 3 song. psalmigraphi recolentes orgia Frith. 358.

orgĭa, (13) ōrum, n. (ὄργια), orgies, mystères de Bacchus : Catul. 64, 259 ; Virg. En. 4, 303 || objets sacrés (mystiques) [placés dans les cistes et servant à la célébration des mystères de Bacchus] : Sen. Herc. Œt. 593, cf. Hor. O. 1, 18, 12 || [en gén.] mystères, cérémonies religieuses : Juv. 2, 91 ; Stat. S. 5, 5, 4 || [fig.] mystères, secrets : Col. Rust. 10, 217.

orgia , orum. n.
酒神之戯。

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orgia ōrum, n

• , ὄργια, the orgies, nocturnal festival of Bacchus: nocturni Bacchi, V.—Secret frantic revels, orgies, Iu.: Itala, the mysteries of love in the Latin tongue, Pr.

ORGIA

O´RGIA[MYSTERIA]

Orgia

(τὰ ὄργια). The ordinary Greek term for ceremonies, generally connected with the worship of a divinity, but especially secret religious customs to which only the initiated were admitted, and equivalent in meaning to “mysteries.” It was customary to designate as orgies the mysteries of the worship of Dionysus in particular. These were sometimes celebrated with wild and extravagant rites. See Dionysia; mysteria.