δεῖπνον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[meal]]: in Hom. sts. [[noonday meal]], <span class="bibl">Il.11.86</span>; sts. = [[ἄριστον]], [[morning meal]], <span class="bibl">2.381</span>, <span class="bibl">10.578</span>, <span class="bibl">19.171s</span>q., <span class="bibl">Od.15.94s</span>q., <span class="bibl">500</span>; sts. = [[δόρπον]], [[evening meal]], <span class="bibl">17.176</span>, <span class="bibl">20.390s</span>q.; later,<b class="b2">the midday meal</b>, σῖτον εἰδέναι διώρισα, ἄριστα, δεῖπνα, δόρπα θ' αἱρεῖσθαι τρίτα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>182</span>; later, <b class="b2">the afternoon meal, dinner</b> or [[supper]], σοὶ δὲ μελήσει, ὅτανᾖ δεκάπουν τὸ στοιχεῖον, λιπαρῷ χωρεῖν ἐπὶ δ. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>652</span>: freq. in pl., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span> 779</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>203</span>(lyr.); δ. Θυέστου <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1008</span>(lyr.); <b class="b3">ἀπὸ δείπνου</b> straight-way after [[the meal]], ἀπὸ δ. αὐτοῦ θωρήσσοντο <span class="bibl">Il.8.54</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.17</span>; <b class="b3">καλεῖν ἐπὶ δεῖπνον, κεκλῆσθαι ἐπὶ δ</b>., <span class="bibl">Eub.72</span>,<span class="bibl">119.2</span>; δ. παρασκευάζειν <span class="bibl">Pherecr.45</span>,<span class="bibl">172</span>; παραθεῖναι <span class="bibl">Id.184</span>; ποιεῖν <span class="bibl">Dionys.Com.2.4</span>; of animals, etc., <span class="bibl">Hom.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>11</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>1.12</span>, <span class="bibl">12.27</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[food]], [[provender]], ἵπποισιν δεῖπνον δότε <span class="bibl">Il.2.383</span>; ὄρνισι δεῖπνον <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Supp.</span>801</span>; <b class="b3">κοράκεσσιν</b> Epigr. ap. <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Her.</span>19.17</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[meal]] (Il.)<br />Compounds: with <b class="b3">-δεῖπνον</b> as 2. member: 1. subst. <b class="b3">ἀριστό-</b>, <b class="b3">λογό-</b>, <b class="b3">ψευδό-</b>; 2. Bahuvrihi's in <b class="b3">-δειπνος</b>, <b class="b3">ἄ-</b>, <b class="b3">σύν-</b>, <b class="b3">φιλό-</b>. <b class="b3">δείπνηστος</b> (<b class="b3">-ός</b>), scil. <b class="b3">καιρός</b> <b class="b2">time for meal</b> (ρ 170), from <b class="b3">δεῖπνον</b> and <b class="b3">ἐδ-</b> [[eat]] (compositional lengthening) with <b class="b3">το-</b> as in <b class="b3">δορπηστός</b> and <b class="b3">ἄριστον</b>, with <b class="b3">δειπνηστύς</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (H.).<br />Derivatives: Demin. <b class="b3">δειπνίον</b> (Ar.), <b class="b3">δειπνάριον</b> (Diph., AP). - <b class="b3">δειπνῖτις</b> (<b class="b3">στολή</b>) <b class="b2">cloth for meal</b> (D. C.). <b class="b3">δειπνοσύνη</b> = <b class="b3">δεῖπνον</b> (Matro; parodising); <b class="b3">Δειπνεύς</b> m. a heros in Achaia (Ath.). - Denomin. <b class="b3">δειπνέω</b> <b class="b2">use the δεῖπνον</b> (Il.), with <b class="b3">δειπνητής</b> [[guest]] (Plb.) with <b class="b3">δειπνητικός</b> (Ar.) and <b class="b3">δειπνητήριον</b> <b class="b2">room for meal</b> (J.). <b class="b3">δειπνίζω</b> <b class="b2">have as guest</b> (Od.) with <b class="b3">δειπνιστήριον</b> <b class="b2">room for meal</b> (Mantinea Ia); on <b class="b3">δειπνέω</b> and <b class="b3">δειπνίζω</b> s. Schwyzer 736.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: No etymology. One assumes a mediterranean word. Fur. 339 assumes <b class="b3">*δαιπνον</b> and compares <b class="b3">δάπτω</b>, Lat. [[daps]], [[damnum]], etc.