λέσχη

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Transliteration A: léschē Transliteration B: leschē Transliteration C: leschi Beta Code: le/sxh

English (LSJ)

ἡ, (prob. from *λέχ-σκη, cf. λέχος) orig.

   A couch: hence, funeral bier or tomb, IG12(1).709 (Camirus); then,    2 lounging place, resort of idlers or beggars, οὐδ' ἐθέλεις εὕδειν χαλκήϊον ἐς δόμον ἐλθὼν ἠέ που ἐς λέσχην Od.18.329; πὰρ δ' ἴθι χάλκειον θῶκον καὶ ἐπαλέα λέσχην Hes.Op.493, cf. 501; κατίζων ἐν ταῖς λ. τῶν γερόντων Ps.- Hdt.Vit.Hom.12.    3 later, public building or hall, used as a lounge or meeting-place, esp. at Sparta and in other Doric cities, Cratin.164 (pl.), cf. Paus.3.14.2, Plu.Lyc.16, 24 (pl.); also in Attica, IG12.888, 2.1055.23, Procl.ad Hes.Op.491; at Delphi, hall adorned with paintings by Polygnotus, Luc.Im.7, Paus.10.25.1; at Cnidus, council-chamber, Plu.2.412d, cf. 298d; of the council of the Olympian gods, Ζεὺς ἇς λέσχας ἀπηξιώσατο (sc. τὰς Ἐρινῦς) A.Eu.366 (lyr.); also σύγκλητον τήνδε γερόντων λ. this specially summoned council, S.Ant.161 (anap.).    II talk or gossip, such as went on in the λέσχαι (cf. λεσχηνεύω, etc.), μακραὶ λ. E.Hipp.384, cf. IA1001 (pl.), Epicr.11.32 (pl., anap.), LXX Pr.23.29 (pl.), AP13.6 (Phal.); in bad sense, malicious gossip, scandal, Vett. Val.in Cat.Cod.Astr.8(1).165 (pl.); also in good sense, conversation, discussion, γενομένης λ., ὃς γένοιτο . . ἄριστος Hdt.9.71; ἐκ λόγων ἄλλων ἀπικέσθαι ἐς λ. περὶ τοῦ Νείλου Id.2.32; λόγον εἴ τιν' οἴσεις πρὸς ἐμὰν λ. if thou hast aught to discuss with me, S.OC167 (lyr.); αἶσαν λέσχης οἶνος ἔχειν ἐθέλει Call. Aet.1.1.16; ἥλιον ἐν λέσχῃ κατεδύσαμεν Id.Epigr.2.3; λύω λέσχας, 'cut the cackle', prov. for breaking off discussion and setting to work in earnest, Pl.Com.223.

German (Pape)

[Seite 32] ἡ (λέγω), 1) der Ort, wo man zum Schwatzen u. Plaudern zusammenkam, οἱ τόποι εἰς οὓς συνιόντες διημέρευον, Phryn. in B. A. 21; ein Ort für Müssiggänger und träge Herumtreiber, eine Art Wirthshaus, wo dergleichen Leute auch übernachten konnten, οὐδ' ἐθέλεις εὕδειν χαλκήϊον ἐς δόμον ἐλθὼν ἠέ που ἐς λέσχην Od. 18, 328, zum Bettler Odysseus gesagt; vgl. Hes. O. 491 πὰρ δ' ἴθι χάλκειον θῶκον καὶ ἐπαλέα λέσχην, vgl. 499, wonach ordentliche, ehrbare Leute solche Oerter nicht besuchten; vgl. Harpocr.; Inscr. 93; αἱ λέσχαι τῶν γερόντων Her. vit. Hom. 12, 16; ἐν ταῖς λέσχαισι, in Sparta, Cratin. bei Ath. IV, 138 e; vgl. Plut. Lyc. 16. 24. 25, wo es Halle, Rathhaus bedeutet; s. noch Paus. 3, 14, 2. – 2) Versammlung der Richter, des Rathes; Aeseh. Eum. 344; σύγκλητον τήνδε γερόντων προὔθετο λέσχην, Kreon berief diese Versammlung, Soph. Ant. 160, vgl. πρὸς ἐμὰν λέσχαν ἀβάτων ἀποβὰς – φώνει O. C. 164. – 3) Gespräch, Geschwätz, μακραί Eur. Hipp. 384, στρατὸς γὰρ ἀργὸς λέσχας πονηρὰς καὶ κακοστόμους φιλεῖ I. A. 1001; ἀπικέσθαι ἐς λέσχην, = εἰς λόγους ἐλθεῖν, Her. 2, 32, γενομένης λέσχης, ὃς γένοιτο αὐτέων ἄριστος 9, 71; Sp., ὁσσάκις ἀμφότεροι ἥλιον ἐν λέσχῃ κατεδύσαμεν, im Gespräch, Callim. 47 (VII, 80); μνᾶμα τοῦ χαρίεντος ἔν τε λέσχᾳ ἔν τ' οἴνῳ Phalaec. 2 (XIII, 6); vgl. p. bei Ath. I, 32 c.