δόρπον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, in Hom., <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">evening meal</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.12.439</span>; taken at sunset, <span class="bibl">Il.19.208</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.4.429</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>10(11).47</span>; ἄριστα, δεῖπνα, δόρπα θ' αἱρεῖσθαι τρίτα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>182.3</span>, cf. Sch.<span class="bibl">Od.2.20</span>.—In later Ep., generally, [[meal]], [[food]], h.Ap.511, <span class="bibl">A.R.2.304</span>, <span class="bibl">Q.S.4.278</span>, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>1.26</span> (pl.); δόρποιο ποτοῦ θ' ἅλις <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">A.</span>406</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">evening-meal</b> (Il.).<br />Other forms: (hell. and late also <b class="b3">-ος</b> m.)<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[doqeja]] \/[[dorkʷeja]]\/?<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">δόρπιον</b> <b class="b2">time for ..</b> (Hp. Epid. 5, 22 v. l.), <b class="b3">δόρπιος</b> <b class="b2">belonging to the δ.</b> (Nonn.); <b class="b3">δορπήϊα</b> n. pl. [[food]], [[meal]] (Nic.; cf. <b class="b3">ξεινήϊα</b>), <b class="b3">Δορπία</b> f. <b class="b2">evening before a feast, esp. the Apaturia</b> (Hdt.). Denomin. <b class="b3">δορπέω</b> <b class="b2">take the evening meal</b> (Hom.), <b class="b3">δορπιάζειν δειπνεῖν</b> H. (cf. <b class="b3">συμποσι-άζειν</b>). - <b class="b3">δορπηστός</b> m. (scil. <b class="b3">καιρός</b>) <b class="b2">time for..</b> (Hp.), cf. <b class="b3">δειπνηστός</b> s. [[δεῖπνον]].<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [00] <b class="b2">*dorkʷo-</b> <b class="b2">evening meal</b>?<br />Etymology: <b class="b3">δόρπον</b> can be combined with Alb. <b class="b2">darkë</b> <b class="b2">evening(meal)</b> as <b class="b2">*dorkʷ̯-o-</b>, Mann Lang. 26, 384f., Porzig Gliederung 178. Further connections are unknown. Could the word be Pre-Greek?