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|Definition=[τρᾰ], ης, ἡ, Dor. [[τράπεσδα]] Alcm.74b:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[table]], esp. [[dining table]], [[eating table]], freq. in Hom., <b class="b3">Τηλεμάχοιο τ., ἐμὴ τ.</b>, Od.17.333, 447, cf. ''IG''12.330.4, Men.518.2; τ. [[παραθεῖναι]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.139, Alex.171; παρέκειτο τ. Il.24.476; τ. [[εἰσφέρειν]], [[ἐπάγειν]], Ar.''V.''1216, Anaxandr. 2 (but [[ἐσῄρετο]] is prob. cj.); ἡ τ. εἰσῄρετο Ar.''Ra.''518; τ. ἀφαιρεῖν Od. 19.61, X.''Smp.''2.1 (Pass.); αἴρειν Men.273, cf. 451; ἐκφέρειν Pl.Com. 69.2; <b class="b3">ξενίη τ.</b> the hospitable [[board]], ἴστω Ζεύς.. ξενίη τε τ. Od.14.158, cf. 21.28; ᾔσχυνε ξενίαν τ. κλοπαῖσι A.''Ag.''401 (lyr.), cf. 701 (lyr.); ὅρκον μέγαν, ἅλας τε καὶ τράπεζαν Archil.96, cf. Wilcken ''Chr.''11.58 (ii B. C.); ἡ ξενικὴ τράπεζα Aeschin.3.224; τοὺς τῆς πόλεως [[ἅλας]] καὶ τὴν δημοσίαν τράπεζαν Id.2.22; <b class="b3">δέξασθαι τραπέζῃ καὶ κοίτῃ</b> [[entertain]] at [[bed]] and [[board]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.20; κοίτης μεθέξουσα καὶ τραπέζης μόνον Plu.''Brut.''13; ἐπὶ τὰς αὐτὰς τ. ἰέναι Antipho 2.1.10; <b class="b3">τράπεζαν Περσικὴν παρετίθετο</b> he kept a [[table]] in the [[Persian]] [[fashion]], Th.1.130; τ. κοσμεῖν [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.2.6, etc.; <b class="b3">εἰς ἀλλοτρίαν τ. ἀποβλέπειν</b> [[live]] at other men's [[table]], at their [[expense]], Id.''An.''7.2.33; <b class="b3">τὴν τράπεζαν ἀνατρέπειν</b> [[upset]] the [[table]], D.19.198; [[proverb|prov.]] of a [[spendthrift]], And.1.130; [[table dedicated to the gods]], on which [[meat]]s and [[offering]]s were set out, ''IG''12.190.4, 840.19, 22.1245.6, 1534.163, 1933.2, Din.3.2; τ. ἱερά ''PCair.Zen.''708 (iii B. C.); <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὴν τ. τῶν Διοσκόρων</b> ib.569.24 (iii B. C.); <b class="b3">τράπεζα Κυρίου, τράπεζα δαιμονίων</b>, ''1 Ep.Cor.''10.21.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[table]], as implying what is upon it, [[meal]], [[ἄνομος]] τράπεζα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.162, cf. [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Alcestis|Alc.]]''2, X.''An.''7.3.22; also [[βορᾶς]] τ. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1464; <b class="b3">Συρακοσίων τράπεζα</b>, [[proverb|prov.]] of [[luxurious]] [[living]], Ar.''Fr.'' 216, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 404d; <b class="b3">Σικελικαὶ τράπεζαι</b> [[proverb|prov.]] ap. Jul. ''Or.''6.203a; πολυτελὴς τράπεζα Epicur.''Ep.''3p.64U.; <b class="b3">δεύτεραι τράπεζαι</b> the [[second]] [[course]], Plu.2.133e, Ath.14.639b; cf. [[τράγημα]].<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[money-changer's counter]], ἐν ἀγορᾷ ἐπὶ τῶν τ. Pl.''Ap.''17c, cf. Plu.2.70f; αἱ τ. τῶν κολλυβιστῶν ''Ev.Matt.''21.12; most freq. [[bank]], Lys 9.5, etc.; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐργασία ἡ τῆς τ.</b> the right to [[operate]] the [[bank]], D.36.6; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐγγύη ἡ ἐπὶ τὴν τράπεζαν</b> [[security]] given to the [[bank]], Id.33.10; δοῦναι ἀργύριον ἐπὶ τ. ''Ev.Luc.''19.23; τὸ ἐπὶ τὴν τ. χρέως D.33.24; οἱ ἐπὶ ταῖς τ. [[banker]]s, Isoc.17.2; <b class="b3">κατασκευάζεσθαι τράπεζαν</b> set up a [[bank]], Is.''Fr.''66; <b class="b3">τῆς τ. ἀνασκευασθείσης</b> the [[bank]] having been broken, D.33.9; <b class="b3">δημοσία τράπεζα</b> [[public]] [[bank]] at Delos, ''IG''22.2336.180 (i B. C.); in Egypt, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]'' 835 (Aug.), etc.; <b class="b3">βασιλικὴ τράπεζα</b> in [[Egypt]], ''PEleph.''27.22 (iii B. C.), ''PTeb.''27.70 (ii B. C.), etc.; χειριστὴς τῆς ἐν τῇ Πολέμωνος μερίδι τ. ''PEnteux.''38.1 (iii B. C.); opp. ἰδιωτικὴ τ. ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''305 (i A. D.), etc.; <b class="b3">κολλυβιστικαὶ τράπεζαι</b> ib.1411.4 (iii A. D.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> any [[table]] or [[flat]] [[surface]] on which a thing [[rest]]s: as,<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[cross bench]] in which the [[mast]] is fixed, Sch. Il.15.729; <b class="b3">τράπεζα δολωνική</b>, v. [[δολωνικός]].<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[platform on which slaves were exposed for sale]], Ar.''Fr.''874.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[tablet]] or [[slab]] with a [[relief]] or [[inscription]], <b class="b3">τ. χαλκῆ</b> Orac. ap. D.21.53, cf. Paus.8.31.3; at a [[tomb]], Plu.2.838c.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[plinth]] of a [[statue]], ''CIG''4702.7 (Egypt, iv B. C.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[lampstand]], ''PSI''4.428.39 (iii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[nether millstone]], ''BGU''251.17 (i A. D.), Poll.7.19.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[part]] of a [[torsion]] [[engine]], prob. the [[plinth]], Ph.''Bel.''54.2, Hero''Bel.''100.1.<br><span class="bld">7</span> [[part of the liver]], Nic.''Th.''560, Polyaen.4.20, Ruf.''Onom.''180.<br><span class="bld">8</span> [[shoulder blade]], Poll.2.177.<br><span class="bld">9</span> [[grinding surface of the teeth]], ib.93, Ruf.''Onom.''54. (The word is shortened from [[τετράπεζα]]; hence the question <b class="b3">καὶ πόθεν ἐγὼ τρίπουν τ. λήψομαι</b>; as if this were an [[absurdity]], Ar.''Fr.''530; τ. τρισκελεῖς Cratin.301:—so [[τρίπεζα]], [[τρέπεδδα]] ([[quod vide|qq.v.]]), of [[three-legged table]]s.)