Κάβειροι
ή, όν, άδος, α, ον, Adj., οἱ
A.
the Cabeiri, divinities worshipped especially in Lemnos, Samothrace, and Boeotia, Pi. Fr. 74bSchr., Hdt. 2.51, 3.37, Str. 10.3.15, etc.; at Miletus, Nic.Dam. 52J., Milet. (v. infr.), BCH 1.288; title of play by Aeschylus, Ath. 10.428f, Sch.Pi. P. 4.303: sg., Κάβειρος Pi. l.c.; freq. in Boeotian Inscrr. (written ‐βιρ‐), IG 7.2457, al., cf. AP 6.245 (Diod.), Q.S. 1.267: Καβειρίδες Νύμφαι, and Καβειρώ, ἡ, the sisters and mother of the Cabeiri, Acus. 20J., Pherecyd. 48 J.:—Adj. Καβειρικός, ή, όν, fem. Καβειριάς, άδος, Cabeiric, St. Byz.:—also Καβειραῖος, α, ον, Id., Paus. 9.25.8: Καβειρία, ἡ, epith. of Demeter at Κάβειροι, Id. 9.25.5 codd.: Καβείριον, τό, sanctuary of the C., Id. 9.26.2; more correctly Καβείρ[ε]ιον IG 11(2).144 A 90 (Delos, iv B.C.): Καβείρια, τά, their mysteries, Inscr.Perg. 252, Hsch.:—hence Καβειριάζομαι, celebrate these mysteries, St.Byz.: Καβιριάρχας, ὁ, IG 7.2428 (Boeot.):