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δεῖπνον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: δεῖπνον δεῖπνου

Structure: δειπν (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: da/ptw

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

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	δεῖπνον	δείπνω	δεῖπνα
Genitive	δείπνου	δείπνοιν	δείπνων
Dative	δείπνῳ	δείπνοιν	δείπνοις
Accusative	δεῖπνον	δείπνω	δεῖπνα
Vocative	δεῖπνον	δείπνω	δεῖπνα

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.

Examples

ἡ Σελήνη δὲ ἄγρυπνοσ καὶ αὐτὴ περίεισιν φαίνουσα τοῖσ κωμάζουσιν καὶ τοῖσ ἀωρὶ ἀπὸ τῶν δείπνων ἐπανιοῦσιν. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 1:4)
αὗται γὰρ τῶν πολυτελῶν ἐκείνων δείπνων ἀπόγονοι. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 23:5)
μεσονύκτιοσ ὠλλύμαν, ἦμοσ ἐκ δείπνων ὕπνοσ ἡδὺσ ἐπ’ ὄσσοισ σκίδναται, μολπᾶν δ’ ἄπο καὶ χοροποιῶν θυσιᾶν καταλύσασ πόσισ ἐν θαλάμοισ ἔκει‐ το, ξυστὸν δ’ ἐπὶ πασσάλῳ, ναύταν οὐκέθ’ ὁρῶν ὅμι‐ λον Τροίαν Ἰλιάδ’ ἐμβεβῶτα. (Euripides, Hecuba, choral, antistrophe 11)
"οἱ φίλοι δὲ ἀναπηδάτωσαν ἀεὶ καὶ μισθὸν τῶν δείπνων ἀποτινέτωσαν, εἴ ποτε αἴσθοιντό σε καταπεσούμενον, χεῖρα ὀρέγοντεσ καὶ παρέχοντεσ εὑρεῖν τὸ λεχθησόμενον ἐν τοῖσ μεταξὺ τῶν ἐπαίνων διαλείμμασι· (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 13:46)
καὶ μὴν καὶ δειπνίζειν ἕκαστον ἄρτι μὲν τέτταρασ, ἄρτι δὲ πέντε τῶν πενήτων παραλαμβάνοντασ, μὴ μέντοι ἐσ τὸν νῦν τρόπον τῶν δείπνων, ἀλλ̓ ἐσ τὸ δημοτικώτερον, ὡσ ἐπ̓ ἴσησ μετέχειν ἅπαντασ καὶ μὴ τὸν μὲν ἐμφορεῖσθαι τῶν ὄψων καὶ τὸν οἰκέτην περιμένειν ἑστῶτα, ἔστ̓ ἂν ἀπαγορεύσῃ ἐσθίων, ἐφ̓ ἡμᾶσ δὲ ἐλθόντα, ἔτι παρασκευαζομένων ὡσ ἐπιβάλοιμεν τὴν χεῖρα, παραμείβεσθαι δείξαντα μόνον τὴν λοπάδα ἢ ὅσον ἐστὶ τοῦ πλακοῦντοσ τὸ λοιπόν· (Lucian, Saturnalia, letter 1 4:1)
καὶ οὐκ αἰσχύνῃ κόλαξιν ἀνθρώποισ καὶ ἀγοραίοισ καὶ βωμολόχοισ ἀντεξεταζόμενοσ καὶ ἐν τοσούτῳ πλήθει Ῥωμαϊκῷ μόνοσ ξενίζων τῷ τρίβωνι καὶ πονηρῶσ τὴν Ῥωμαίων φωνὴν βαρβαρίζων, εἶτα δειπνῶν δεῖπνα θορυβώδη καὶ πολυάνθρωπα συγκλύδων τινῶν καὶ τῶν πλείστων μοχθηρῶν; (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 24:3)

Synonyms

the principal meal
- δόρπον (the evening meal, dinner or supper, a meal)
fodder
- ἐδωδή (fodder)

τράπεζα (a table)
δειπνίζω (to entertain at dinner)
οἰνόμελι (honey mixed with wine)
εὐωχία (good cheer)
ὄψον (delicacies)
σύνδειπνος (a companion at table)
σύνδειπνον (a common meal or banquet)
συμπότης (fellow-drinker)
κρόμυον (an onion)
ἄκληρος (without lot or portion)
τράγημα (that which is eaten for eating's sake)
μουσουργός (cultivating music)
κατακλίνω (to lay down)
στρῶμα (anything spread or laid out for lying or sitting upon)
ἀρτοποιός (a bread-maker)
ὀψοποιός (one who cooks meat)
παροψίς (a dainty side-dish)
συμπόσιον (drinking party)
σιτοποιός (of grinding and baking)
ποτός (drunk)
νυκτοπορία (a night-journey)
κλισία (a place for lying down)
ἄκλητος (uncalled)
προπίνω (to drink before)
μάγειρος (cook)
οἰνάριον (weak or bad wine)
κρέας (flesh)
πανδοκεῖον (inn)
ἄρτος (a cake or loaf of wheat bread)
ζωμός (broth)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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δεῖπνον

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the principal meal

fodder

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δεῖπνον

Sense

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the principal meal

fodder

Related

Similar forms

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