feast
πλέων επί οίνοπα πόντον επ' αλλοθρόους ανθρώπους → while sailing over the wine-dark sea to men of strange speech
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. ἑστίαμα, τό (Plato). θοίνη, ἡ (Plato), δαῖς, ἡ (Plato), P. ἑστίασις, ἡ.
festival in honour of a god: P. and V. ἑορτή, ἡ; see festival, sacrifice.
meal: P. and V. δεῖπνον, τό; see also food.
marriage feast: P. and V. γάμος, ὁ, P. γαμηλία, ἡ.
celebrate a marriage feast: P. and V. ἑστιᾶν γάμους (Isaeus).
join (one) in a marriage feast: V. συνδαινύναι γάμους (dat.) (Eur., Helen 1439).
drinking party: Ar. and P. συμπόσιον, τό.
verb transitive
P. and V. ἑστιᾶν εὐωχεῖν (Eur., Cyclops 346), V. δαινύναι θοινᾶν.
verb intransitive
Use pass. of verbs given.
feast on: Ar. and P. ἑστιᾶσθαι (acc.), P. εὐωχεῖσθαι (acc.) (Xen.), Ar. and V. δαίνυσθαι (acc.), V. θοινᾶσθαι (acc.), ἐκθοινᾶσθαι (acc.).
