ἄδειπνος
ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἥκεις τὸν βατῆρα τῆς θύρας → you've come to the crux of the matter, come to the point, hit the nail on the head, you've come to the very threshold of the door, you are come to the very threshold of the door, you've arrived at the truth of the matter
English (LSJ)
ον,
A without the evening meal, supperless, Hp.Aph.5.41, X.An.4.5.21, etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 32] der noch nicht (die Hauptmahlzeit, δεῖπνον) gegessen hat, Xen. An. 4, 5, 21 u. öfter, wie Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἄδειπνος: -ον, ὁ ἄνευ τοῦ ἑσπερινοῦ φαγητοῦ, ὁ μὴ δειπνήσας, Ἱππ. Ἀφορ. 1254, Ξεν. Ἀν. 4. 5, 21, κτλ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
sans dîner, sans souper.
Étymologie: ἀ, δεῖπνον.
Spanish (DGE)
-ον
que no ha cenado Hp.Aph.5.41, X.An.4.5.21, Plu.2.157d, Men.Asp.232, Aen.Tact.26.2, Nonn.D.17.51, Ach.Tat.5.21.3.
Greek Monotonic
ἄδειπνος: -ον (δεῖπνον), αυτός που δεν δείπνησε, ο νηστικός, σε Ξεν. κ.λπ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἄδειπνος: непообедавший: ηὐλίσθησαν ἄνευ πυρὸς καὶ ἄδειπνοι Xen. они расположились лагерем, не зажигая огней и не поевши.
Middle Liddell
δεῖπνον
supperless, Xen., etc.
