αἶκλον
τά γε μὰν λίνα πάντα λελοίπει ἐκ Μοιρᾶν → but all the thread granted him by the Fates had run out
English (LSJ)
or ἄϊκλον, τό,
A the evening meal at Sparta, Epich.37, Alcm. 71, Polem. Hist.86, cf. Ath.4.139b:—also αἶκνον, Hsch., Suid.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
αἶκλον: ἢ ἄϊκλον, τό, ἑσπερινὸν φαγητὸν ἐν Σπάρτῃ, Ἐπίχ. 20. Ahr., Ἀλκμὰν 71· πρβλ. Ἀθήν. 139Β· ἕτερος τύπος αἶκνον ἀναφέρεται ὑπὸ Ἡσυχ. Σουΐδ. καὶ Εὐστ.: - πρβλ. ἄκολος.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, τό
• Alolema(s): ἄϊκλον Ath.139; αἶκνον Hsch., Sud., Eust.1714.64; ἄϊκνον Eust.1714.64, tb. masc. αἶκλος Hsch.
cena Alcm.95(b), Epich.34, Euph.38A.12, Polem.Hist.86, Ath.l.c., Eust.l.c., EM α 490.
Frisk Etymological English
(ἄϊκλον)
Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: evening meal of the Spartans (Epich.).
Other forms: <συν>αιγλία = συναικλία; λυκαιχλίας· ὁ λυκόβρωτος (-βροτος codd.)
Derivatives: ἀναίκλεια ἄδειπνα H. Also αἶκνον δεῖπνον H., Suid.; ἐπάϊκλα Pl.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Fur. 139 points to εἶκλον δεῖπνον H. and εἰκλεῖ δειπνεῖ H. and compares ἰκνείαν τροφεῖα H. and ἰκνεῖος τροφεύς. `Ρόδιοι H. and rightly concludes to a substr. word, which may be formulated (ἀ-)Ϝικλ\/ν- (not ἐ-Ϝικ- as there was no (prothetic) vowel ε); for the proth. vowels cf. ἀέροπ- \/ μέροπ- (the change between λ and ν may be secondary). (Comparison with αἰκάζει καλεῖ H. or αἰκάλλω is completely in the air.).
