συσσίτιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, only in plural (exc. in <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>1165</span>), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[common meal]], [[public mess]], 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"><span class="bld">2</span> [[mess]], [[company]], <span class="bibl">Anaxil.19</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[mess-room]], [[common-hall]], 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; [[common-room]] of the Museum at Alexandria, <span class="bibl">Str.17.1.8</span>.</span>