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δειπνέω

deipneo

make a meal

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 26 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

δειπν-έω · deipn-eō — LSJ

make a meal, take the chief meal, dine, make, serve as dinner, with

make a meal, Hom. (v. δεῖπνον): in Att. always, take the chief meal, dine, once in Trag., δειπνεῖν E. Fr. 894 (dub. l.); δ. τὸ ἄριστον make breakfast serve as dinner, X. Cyr. 1.2.11; δ. παρά τινι with one, Antipho 1.18; [ἐν πρυτανείῳ] And. 1.45.

2 make a meal on

c. acc., δ. ἄρτον make a meal on bread, Hes. Op. 442; δ. μοσχίον Ephipp. 15.13; κοτύλην μίαν Alex. 221.17; ξίφη Mnesim. 7; δ. τἀλλότρια, of parasites, freq. in Com., Theopomp. 34, Eub. 72, etc.; also δ. ἀπό τινος Ar. Pl. 890.

II entertain

Act., entertain, τινάς Milet. 7.68, Inscr.Cos 131.

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Where it came from

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