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δεῖπνον

deipnon

meal

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Where it lives

Symposium 9 · 9.45/10k
Ion 4 · 4.37/10k
Enchiridion 2 · 4.03/10k
Eumenides 2 · 3.82/10k
Daniel (LXX) 4 · 3.81/10k
Hiero 2 · 3.36/10k
Cyropaedia 25 · 3.17/10k
1 Corinthians 2 · 2.96/10k
Odyssey 25 · 2.88/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 2 · 2.88/10k
Symposium 5 · 2.87/10k
John 4 · 2.62/10k

Densest 12 of 44 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. δεῖπνον · deipnon — Beekes

δεῖπνον [n.] ‘meal’ (IL). *COMP With -deinvov as a second member: 1. substantives ἀριστό-, λογό-, ψευδό-; 2. Bahuvrihis in -δειπνος like ἄ-, obv-, φιλό-. As a first member: δείπνηστος (-ός), scil. καιρός ‘time for eating’ (ρ 170), from δεῖπνον and ἐδ- ‘eat’ (with compositional lengthening), with to- as in δορπηστός (s.v. » δόρπον) and » ἄριστον; also δειπνηστύς ‘id’ (H.). *DER Diminutive δειπνίον (Ar.), … — [Beekes, s.v. δεῖπνον, p. 357]

2. δεῖπνον · deipnon — Chantraine

δεῖπνον : n. repas principal qui chez Hom. se place à des heures diverses (11. 10,578 c'est le troisième repas que prend Ulysse dans une même nuit); Æsch. fr. 304 le situe entre l'éptorov, repas du matin et le δόρπον ; en attique c’est le repas de la fin de l'après-midi (Ar. Assemblée 652, etc.). Comme premier terme de composé dans δειπνοθῆῤας,. -χλήτωρ ; -λόχος (Hés) cf. βωμολόχος ; δειπνοπσίός, -ποιέω, εἷς. ; … — [Chantraine, s.v. δεῖπνον, p. 272]

3. δεῖπνον · deipnon — Frisk

δεῖπνον n. (seit Il.) “Mahlzeit”, bes. Benennung der Hauptmahlzeit, die bei Homer zu verschiedenen Tagesstunden, in Athen am Abend, eingenommen wurde. Kompp. mit -δεῖπνον im 2. Glied: 1. subst. ἀριστό-, λογό-, ψευδό-; 2. viele Bahuvrihi auf -δειπνος wie ἄ-, σύν-, φιλό-. --- Ableitungen. Deminutiva: δειπνίον (Ar.), δειπνάριον (Diph., AP). — δεισπνῖτις (στολή) “Mahlzeitskleid’ (D.C.; vgl. Redard noms grecs en -τῆς … — [Frisk, s.v. δεῖπνον, p. 390]

4. δεῖπνον · deipnon — Frisk

δεῖπνον. Van Windekens Orbis 7 (1958) 243f. denkt an δαπάνη, lat. daps usw. — [Frisk, s.v. δεῖπνον, p. 2195]

5. δεῖπνον · deipnon — LSJ

meal, noonday meal, morning meal, evening meal, the midday meal, the afternoon meal, dinner, supper, the meal

meal: in Hom. sts. noonday meal, Il. 11.86; sts. = ἄριστον, morning meal, 2.381, 10.578, 19.171 sq., Od. 15.94 sq., 500; sts. = δόρπον, evening meal, 17.176, 20.390 sq.; later, the midday meal, σῖτον εἰδέναι διώρισα, ἄριστα, δεῖπνα, δόρπα θʼ αἱρεῖσθαι τρίτα A. Fr. 182; later, the afternoon meal, dinner or supper, σοὶ δὲ μελήσει, ὅταν ᾖ 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 th

2 food, provender

generally, food, provender, ἵπποισιν δεῖπνον δότε Il. 2.383; ὄρνισι δεῖπνον A. Supp. 801; κοράκεσσιν Epigr. ap. Philostr. Her. 19.17.

In the wild

δεῖπνον · deipnon Aeschylus, Agamemnon 133–138
δείπνου · deipnou Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1598–1602
δεῖπνʼ · deipnʼ Aeschylus, Eumenides 106–109
δεῖπνον · deipnon Aeschylus, Eumenides 50
δεῖπνόν · deipnon Aeschylus, Persians 374–376
δεῖπνον · deipnon Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 800–801

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. δεῖπνον (scan p. 357; entry #1599).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. δεῖπνον (scan p. 272; entry #1866).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. δεῖπνον (scan p. 390; entry #1462).

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