συσσίτιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, only in pl. (exc. in <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>1165</span>), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">common meal, public mess</b>, such as were used in Crete and Sparta, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.65</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>715</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>625e</span>, etc.; cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1271a33</span>, <span class="bibl">1272a1</span>, <span class="bibl">1330a3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">mess, company</b>, <span class="bibl">Anaxil.19</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">mess-room, common-hall</b>, ἐν μέσῳ συσσιτίῳ κρατῆρας ἔστησ' E. l.c.; συσσίτια ἐν οἷς . . τὴν δίαιταν ποιητέον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>762c</span>; σ. χειμερινά <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Criti.</span>112b</span>; <b class="b3">γυμνάσια σ. τε</b> ibid.c; <b class="b2">common-room</b> of the Museum at Alexandria, <span class="bibl">Str.17.1.8</span>.</span>