A).the first day of the feast Apaturia, celebrated by public suppers in each phratria, personified in Philyll. 8.2 : πρόπεμπτα τῆς Δ.IG 2.841b62 ; but τῆς ὁρτῆς τῇ δορπίῃ on the eve of the feast, Hdt. 2.48 .
ShortDef
first day of Apaturia festival; (Hdt) eve of a festival