λέσχη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, (prob. from <b class="b3">*λέχ-σκη</b>, cf. [[λέχος]]) orig. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[couch]]: hence, [[funeral bier]] or [[tomb]], IG12(1).709 (Camirus); then, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[lounging place]], resort of idlers or beggars, οὐδ' ἐθέλεις εὕδειν χαλκήϊον ἐς δόμον ἐλθὼν ἠέ που ἐς λέσχην <span class="bibl">Od.18.329</span>; πὰρ δ' ἴθι χάλκειον θῶκον καὶ ἐπαλέα λέσχην <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>493</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">501</span>; <b class="b3">κατίζων ἐν ταῖς λ. τῶν γερόντων</b> Ps.- Hdt.<span class="title">Vit.Hom.</span>12. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> later, [[public building]] or [[hall]], used as a [[lounge]] or [[meeting-place]], esp. at Sparta and in other Doric cities, <span class="bibl">Cratin.164</span> (pl.), cf. <span class="bibl">Paus.3.14.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lyc.</span>16</span>, <span class="bibl">24</span> (pl.); also in Attica, <span class="title">IG</span>12.888, 2.1055.23, Procl.ad <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>491</span>; at Delphi, [[hall]] adorned with paintings by Polygnotus, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Im.</span>7</span>, <span class="bibl">Paus.10.25.1</span>; at Cnidus, [[council-chamber]], Plu.2.412d, cf. 298d; of the [[council]] of the Olympian gods, <b class="b3">Ζεὺς ἇς λέσχας ἀπηξιώσατο</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τὰς Ἐρινῦς</b>) <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>366</span> (lyr.); also <b class="b3">σύγκλητον τήνδε γερόντων λ</b>. this specially summoned [[council]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>161</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[talk]] or [[gossip]], such as went on in the [[λέσχαι]] (cf. [[λεσχηνεύω]], etc.), μακραὶ λ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>384</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IA</span>1001</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">Epicr.11.32</span> (pl., anap.), <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Pr.</span>23.29</span> (pl.), <span class="title">AP</span>13.6 (Phal.); in bad sense, [[malicious gossip]], [[scandal]], Vett. Val.in <span class="title">Cat.Cod.Astr.</span>8(1).165 (pl.); also in good sense, [[conversation]], [[discussion]], γενομένης λ., ὃς γένοιτο… ἄριστος <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.71</span>; ἐκ λόγων ἄλλων ἀπικέσθαι ἐς λ. περὶ τοῦ Νείλου <span class="bibl">Id.2.32</span>; <b class="b3">λόγον εἴ τιν' οἴσεις πρὸς ἐμὰν λ</b>. if thou hast aught to [[discuss]] with me, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>167</span> (lyr.); αἶσαν λέσχης οἶνος ἔχειν ἐθέλει <span class="bibl">Call. <span class="title">Aet.</span>1.1.16</span>; ἥλιον ἐν λέσχῃ κατεδύσαμεν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>2.3</span>; <b class="b3">λύω λέσχας</b>, 'cut the cackle', prov. for breaking off [[discussion]] and setting to work in earnest, <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.223</span>.</span>