δεῖπνον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[meal]]: in Hom. sometimes [[noonday meal]], Il.11.86; sometimes = [[ἄριστον]], [[morning meal]], 2.381, 10.578, 19.171sq., Od.15.94sq., 500; sometimes = [[δόρπον]], [[evening meal]], 17.176, 20.390sq.; later, the [[midday meal]], σῖτον εἰδέναι διώρισα, ἄριστα, δεῖπνα, δόρπα θ' αἱρεῖσθαι τρίτα A.''Fr.''182; later, the [[afternoon meal]], [[dinner]] or [[supper]], σοὶ δὲ μελήσει, ὅτανᾖ δεκάπουν τὸ [[στοιχεῖον]], λιπαρῷ [[χωρεῖν]] ἐπὶ δ. Ar.''Ec.''652: freq. in plural, S.''OT'' 779, ''El.''203(lyr.); δ. Θυέστου E.''Or.''1008(lyr.); <b class="b3">ἀπὸ δείπνου</b> [[straight-way]] [[after]] the [[meal]], ἀπὸ δ. αὐτοῦ θωρήσσοντο Il.8.54, cf. Antipho 1.17; <b class="b3">καλεῖν ἐπὶ δεῖπνον, κεκλῆσθαι ἐπὶ δ.</b>, Eub.72,119.2; δ. παρασκευάζειν Pherecr.45,172; παραθεῖναι Id.184; ποιεῖν Dionys.Com.2.4; of animals, etc., Hom.''Epigr.''11, Ael.''VH''1.12, 12.27.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[food]], [[provender]], ἵπποισιν δεῖπνον δότε Il.2.383; ὄρνισι δεῖπνον A. ''Supp.''801; [[κοράκεσσιν]] Epigr. ap. Philostr.''Her.''19.17.