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δειλινός

deilinos

in the afternoon

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δειλινός · deilinos — LSJ

in the afternoon, at even

= δειελινός, in the afternoon, δ. ἤρξατο Com.Adesp. 609, cf. Luc. Dem.Enc. 31, Secund. Sent. 4, BGU 513.3 (ii A.D.); τὸ δ., as Adv., at even, LXX Ge. 3.8, Luc. Lex. 2; δ. ὁλοκαύτωμα LXX 1 Es. 5.50; ὧραι Str. 17.3.8; ἑσπέρα Ph. 1.505 (s.v.l.); διατριβή Plu. Adul. 2.70e.

2 western

western, κλίμα Str. 9.2.41.

II evening meal

τὸ δ. (sc. δεῖπνον) evening meal, f.l. in Ath. 10.418b (quoting Plb. 20.6.6), cf. Ath. 1.11e.

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