συσσίτιον
From LSJ
αὐτόχειρες οὔτε τῶν ἀγαθῶν οὔτε τῶν κακῶν γίγνονται τῶν συμβαινόντων αὐτοῖς → for not with their own hands do they deal out the blessings and curses that befall us
English (LSJ)
τό, only in pl. (exc. in E.Ion1165),
A common meal, public mess, such as were used in Crete and Sparta, Hdt.1.65, Ar.Ec.715, Pl.Lg.625e, etc.; cf. Arist.Pol.1271a33, 1272a1, 1330a3. 2 mess, company, Anaxil.19. II mess-room, common-hall, ἐν μέσῳ συσσιτίῳ κρατῆρας ἔστησ' E. l.c.; συσσίτια ἐν οἷς . . τὴν δίαιταν ποιητέον Pl.Lg.762c; σ. χειμερινά Id.Criti.112b; γυμνάσια σ. τε ibid.c; common-room of the Museum at Alexandria, Str.17.1.8.
