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 τρίτα” A.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. Θυέστου” E.Or.1008(lyr.); ἀπὸ δείπνου straight-way after the meal, “ἀπὸ δ. αὐτοῦ θωρήσσοντο” Il.8.54, cf. Antipho 1.17; καλεῖν ἐπὶ δεῖπνον, κεκλῆσθαι ἐπὶ δ., Eub.72,119.2; “δ. παρασκευάζειν” Pherecr.45,172; “παραθεῖναι” Id.184; “ποιεῖν” Dionys.Com.2.4; of animals, etc., Hom.Epigr.11, Ael.VH1.12, 12.27.
2. generally, food, provender, “ἵπποισιν δεῖπνον δότε” Il.2.383; “ὄρνισι δεῖπνον” A. Supp.801; κοράκεσσιν Epigr. ap. Philostr.Her.19.17.