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Lenaea

Lenaea is the alternative form of Lenaia.

Meaning of Lenaia

Proper noun

Lenaia

  1. (historical) An ancient Athenian annual festival in honour of Dionysus Lenaios.

Forms of Lenaea

alternative form (archaic)Lenæa

Origin of Lenaea

Borrowed from Latin Lēnaea, from Ancient Greek Λήναια (Lḗnaia), from the neuter plural of ληναῖος (lēnaîos, literally “of or relating to the winepress”), from ληνός (lēnós, “winepress”) + -αῖος (-aîos).

Questions about Lenaea

What is Lenaea the alternative form of?
Lenaea is the alternative form of Lenaia.

Words near Lenaea in the dictionary

  1. Len
  2. Len Waters Estate
  3. Lena
  4. lenacapavir
  5. Lenado
  6. Lenaea
  7. Lenaeus
  8. Lenagan Island
  9. Lenaghan
  10. Lenah Valley
  11. Lenahan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Lenaea (page history and authors); Lenaia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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