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δεῖπνον , τό,
A.meal: in Hom. sts. noonday meal, Il.11.86; sts. = ἄριστον, morning meal, 2.381, 10.578, 19.171sq., Od.15.94sq., 500; sts. = δόρπον, evening meal, 17.176, 20.390sq.; later,the midday meal,σῖτον εἰδέναι διώρισα, ἄριστα, δεῖπνα, δόρπα θ᾽ αἱρεῖσθαι τρίταA.Fr.182; later, the afternoon meal, dinner or supper,σοὶ δὲ μελήσει, ὅτανᾖ δεκάπουν τὸ στοιχεῖον, λιπαρῷ χωρεῖν ἐπὶ δ.Ar.Ec.652: freq. in pl., S.OT 779, El.203(lyr.); “δ. ΘυέστουE.Or.1008(lyr.); ἀπὸ δείπνου straight-way after the meal,ἀπὸ δ. αὐτοῦ θωρήσσοντοIl.8.54, cf. Antipho 1.17; καλεῖν ἐπὶ δεῖπνον, κεκλῆσθαι ἐπὶ δ., Eub.72,119.2; “δ. παρασκευάζεινPherecr.45,172; “παραθεῖναιId.184; “ποιεῖνDionys.Com.2.4; of animals, etc., Hom.Epigr.11, Ael.VH1.12, 12.27.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (17):
    • Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens, 801
    • Antiphon, Against the Stepmother for Poisoning, 17
    • Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, 652
    • Euripides, Orestes, 1008
    • Homer, Iliad, 10.578
    • Homer, Iliad, 19.171s
    • Homer, Iliad, 2.381
    • Homer, Iliad, 2.383
    • Homer, Iliad, 11.86
    • Homer, Iliad, 8.54
    • Homer, Odyssey, 15.94s
    • Homer, Odyssey, 17.176
    • Homer, Odyssey, 20.390s
    • Sophocles, Electra, 203
    • Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, 779
    • Aelian, Varia Historia, 12.27
    • Aelian, Varia Historia, 1.12
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