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δαίνυμι

dainumi

give a banquet

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δαίνῡμι · dainymi — LSJ

give a banquet, feast, to give, feast

poet. Verb (used by Hdt.), give a banquet or feast, δαίνυ δαῖτα γέρουσι Il. 9.70; ἔφασκες . . δαίσειν γάμον didst promise to give me a marriage-feast, 19.299, cf. Od. 4.3, h.Ven. 141, Pi. N. 1.72; ὁτοῖσι τάφον μενοεικέα δαίνυ Il. 23.29, cf. Od. 3.309; δ. ὑμεναίους, γάμους, E. IA 123 (lyr.), 707.

2 feast, on, thou shalt be, feast

c. acc. pers., feast one on a thing, τὸν . . Ἀστυάγης ἀνόμῳ τραπέζῃ ἔδαισε Hdt. 1.162, cf. E. Or. 15; ζῶν με δαίσεις thou shalt be my living feast, A. Eu. 305.

II have a feast given one, feast

Med., have a feast given one, feast, in Hom. more freq. than Act., Il. 15.99, al., cf. Pi. I. 6(5).36, Hdt. 1.211; δαίσασθαι γάμον Archil. l.c.

2 feast on, eat, eat, consume

c. acc., feast on, eat, δαῖτα, ἑκατόμβας, κρέα, Od. 3.66, Il. 9.535, Od. 12.30; κρέα δαίνυσθαι Hdt. 3.18, Ant.Lib. 18.2 (but c. gen., Id. 11.7); ἐδαίσατο παῖδα S. Fr. 771.5, cf. El. 543; μίαν δ. τράπεζαν eat at a common table, Theoc. 13.38: of fire, consume, Pi. N. 9.24, S. Tr. 765; of poison, ib. 1088.

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