feast on, eat, δελφῖνες ἐθοίνων ἰχθῦς dub.l. in Hes. Sc. 212.
Pass., to be feasted upon, i.e. sacrificed, ὗς τέλεος θοινῆται IG 12(1).905 (Rhodes).
feast, entertain, φίλους E. Ion 982; τὸ δεῖπνον, τό μιν ἐκεῖνος σαρξὶ τοῦ παιδὸς ἐθοίνησε (v.l. -ισε) the feast, which he gave him upon his sonʼs flesh, Hdt. 1.129.
more freq. in Med. and Pass., fut. -άσομαι E. El. 836, Cyc. 550, -ήσομαι (ἐκ-) A. Pr. 1025 codd.: aor. 1 ἐθοινήθην (v. infr.): aor. 1 Med. -ησάμην Nonn. D. 5.331, AP 9.244 (Apollonid.): pf. τεθοίνᾱμαι E. Cyc. 377 (prob.).
abs., to be feasted, feast, banquet, once in Hom., ἐς δʼ αὐτοὺς προτέρω ἄγε θοινηθῆναι lead them in to feast, Od. 4.36; παρὰ κλαίουσι θοινᾶσθαι E. Alc. 542: θ. καλῶς Cratin. 164.
c. acc., feast on, μῶν τεθοίναται ἑταίρους; E. Cyc. 377; σὲ ὕστερον θοινάσομαι ib. 550; θ. τὰ ζῷα Porph. Abst. 2.2: c. acc. cogn., θ. παστήρια E. El. 836: c. gen., ἅλις λεόντων ἐστί μοι θοινωμένῳ Id. Cyc. 248; θοινήσατο θήρης AP 9.244 (Apollonid.); of an eating sore, σάρκα θοινᾶται ποδός E. Fr. 792, cf. Arist. Po. 1458b24: