λέσχη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, (prob. from *λέχ-σκη, cf. [[λέχος]]) orig.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[couch]]: hence, [[funeral]] [[bier]] or [[tomb]], IG12(1).709 (Camirus); then,<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[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; <b class="b3">κατίζων ἐν ταῖς λ. τῶν γερόντων</b> Ps.- [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]''Vit.Hom.''12.<br><span class="bld">3</span> later, [[public building]] or [[public 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, ''IG''12.888, 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, <b class="b3">Ζεὺς ἇς λέσχας ἀπηξιώσατο</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τὰς Ἐρινῦς</b>) A.''Eu.''366 (lyr.); also <b class="b3">σύγκλητον τήνδε γερόντων λ.</b> this specially [[summon]]ed [[council]], S.''Ant.''161 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[talk]] or [[gossip]], such as went on in the [[λέσχαι]] (cf. [[λεσχηνεύω]], etc.), μακραὶ λ. E.''Hipp.''384, cf. ''IA''1001 (pl.), Epicr.11.32 (pl., anap.), [[LXX]] ''Pr.''23.29 (pl.), ''AP''13.6 (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 [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]9.71; ἐκ λόγων ἄλλων ἀπικέσθαι ἐς λ. περὶ τοῦ Νείλου Id.2.32; <b class="b3">λόγον εἴ τιν' οἴσεις πρὸς ἐμὰν λ.</b> if thou hast aught to [[discuss]] with me, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''167 (lyr.); αἶσαν λέσχης οἶνος ἔχειν ἐθέλει Call. ''Aet.''1.1.16; ἥλιον ἐν λέσχῃ κατεδύσαμεν Id.''Epigr.''2.3; [[λύω λέσχας]], '[[cut the cackle]]', [[proverb|prov.]] for breaking off [[discussion]] and setting to [[work]] in [[earnest]], Pl.Com.223.