δεῖπνον
Second declension Noun; Neuter
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
δεῖπνον
δεῖπνου
Structure:
δειπν
(Stem)
+
ον
(Ending)
Sense
- the principal meal, the noonday meal, the morning meal, the evening meal, the midday or afternoon meal, dinner or supper, the meal
- fodder, provender
Declension
Second declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- "ἢ τοὺσ πότουσ ἐρεῖσ δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τὰ δεῖπνα καὶ ἐσθῆτα καὶ ἀφροδίσια, καὶ δέδιασ μὴ τούτων ἐνδεὴσ γενόμενοσ ἀπόλωμαι. (Lucian, (no name) 16:8)
- οἱ δὲ καὶ πυρὰν νήσαντεσ πρὸ τῶν χωμάτων καὶ βόθρον τινὰ ὀρύξαντεσ καίουσί τε ταυτὶ τὰ πολυτελῆ δεῖπνα καὶ εἰσ τὰ ὀρύγματα οἶνον καὶ μελίκρατον, ὡσ γοῦν εἰκάσαι, ἐγχέουσιν; (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 22:5)
- "εἶτα δεῖπνα ποικίλα εἰσεκομίζετο καὶ λόγοι ἱεροὶ αὐτῶν ἐλέγοντο, καὶ ὁ βέλτιστοσ Περεγρῖνοσ ‐ ἔτι γὰρ τοῦτο ἐκαλεῖτο ‐ καινὸσ Σωκράτησ ὑπ’ αὐτῶν ὠνομάζετο. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:17)
- ἄλλωσ τε οὐδ’ ὅμοια τἀμὰ τοῖσ τῶν πλουσίων ἐκ διαμέτρου γὰρ ἡμῶν οἱ βίοι, φασίν ὁ μὲν γε τύραννοσ εὐδαίμων εἶναι δοκῶν παρὰ τὸν βίον, φοβερὸσ ἅπασι καὶ περίβλεπτοσ, ἀπολιπὼν χρυσὸν τοσοῦτον καὶ ἀργύριον καὶ ἐσθῆτα καὶ ἵππουσ καὶ δεῖπνα καὶ παῖδασ ὡραίουσ καὶ γυναῖκασ εὐμόρφουσ εἰκότωσ ἠνιᾶτο καὶ ἀποσπώμενοσ αὐτῶν ἤχθετο· (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 14:10)
- δοκῶ γάρ μοι ἐκ πολλοῦ ἤδη κατανενοηκέναι σε τούτῳ τῷ βίῳ ἐπιβουλεύοντα, καὶ πρῶτόν γε ὁπηνίκα περὶ τῶν τοιούτων ὁ λόγοσ ἐνέπεσεν, εἶτα ἐπῄνεσέ τισ τῶν παρόντων τὴν τοιαύτην μισθοφοράν, τρισευδαίμονασ εἶναι λέγων οἷσ μετὰ τοῦ φίλουσ ἔχειν τοὺσ ἀρίστουσ Ῥωμαίων καὶ δειπνεῖν δεῖπνα πολυτελῆ καὶ ἀσύμβολα καὶ οἰκεῖν ἐν καλῷ καὶ ἀποδημεῖν μετὰ πάσησ ῥᾳστώνησ καὶ ἡδονῆσ ἐπὶ λευκοῦ ζεύγουσ, εἰ τύχοι, ἐξυπτιάζοντασ, προσέτι καὶ μισθὸν τῆσ φιλίασ καὶ ὧν εὖ πάσχουσιν τούτων λαμβάνειν οὐκ ὀλίγον ἐστίν· (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 2:3)
Synonyms
-
the principal meal
- δόρπον (the evening meal, dinner or supper, a meal)
-
fodder
