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μεταδόρπιος

metadorpios

in the middle of supper, during supper

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Where it lives

Critias 1 · 2.02/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

μεταδόρπιος · metadorpios — LSJ

in the middle of supper, during supper

in the middle of supper, during supper (as Eust. takes it, cf. μεταδήμιος, μεταίχμιος, μεταμάζιος), οὐ τέρπομʼ ὀδυρόμενος μεταδόρπιος Od. 4.194.

2 after supper, at oneʼs wine, dessert

after supper, i.e. at oneʼs wine, ὄχημʼ ἀοιδᾶν μ. Pi. Fr. 124.2; νυκτερινὴν ἐπίκωμος ἰὼν μεταδόρπιον (Adv.) ὥρην AP 12.250 (Strat.); τὰ μ. dessert, Pl. Criti. 115c.

In the wild

μεταδόρπιος · metadorpios Odyssey 4.194
μεταδόρπια · metadorpia Plato, Critias 115

Where it came from

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