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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

καὶ μὴν ἐν ἐρημίᾳ τούτων οὐδεὶσ ἂν ὑποσταίη θηρίον ὁμόσε ἰόν, ὁ δὲ παράσιτοσ αὐτά τε ἐπιόντα μένει καὶ δέχεται ῥᾳδίωσ, μεμελετηκὼσ αὐτῶν ἐν τοῖσ δείπνοισ καταφρονεῖν, καὶ οὔτε ἔλαφοσ οὔτε σῦσ αὐτὸν ἐκπλήττει πεφρικώσ, ἀλλὰ κἂν ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ὁ σῦσ τὸν ὀδόντα θήγῃ, καὶ ὁ παράσιτοσ ἐπὶ τὸν σῦν ἀντιθήγει. (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 51:9)
λοιπὸν δὴ καὶ ἀληθέστατον μέν, ἥκιστα δὲ πρὸσ αὐτῶν λεγόμενον, ἡδονῆσ ἕνεκα καὶ τῶν πολλῶν καὶ ἀθρόων ἐλπίδων εἰσπηδᾶν αὐτοὺσ εἰσ τὰσ οἰκίασ, καταπλαγέντασ μὲν τὸ πλῆθοσ τοῦ χρυσοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἀργύρου, εὐδαιμονήσαντασ δὲ ἐπὶ τοῖσ δείπνοισ καὶ τῇ ἄλλῃ τρυφῇ, ἐλπίσαντασ δὲ ὅσον αὐτίκα χανδὸν οὐδενὸσ ἐπιστομίζοντοσ πίεσθαι τοῦ χρυσίου. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 7:1)
δεῖ οὖν ὥσπερ ἐν τοῖσ Περσικοῖσ δείπνοισ κάτω νεύοντα κατακεῖσθαι, δεδιότα μή τισ εὐνοῦχόσ σε ἴδῃ προσβλέψαντα μιᾷ, τῶν παλλακίδων, ἐπεὶ ἄλλοσ γε εὐνοῦχοσ ἐντεταμένον πάλαι τὸ τόξον ἔχων ἃ μὴ θέμισ ὁρῶντα ἕτοιμοσ κολάσαι διαπείρασ τῷ οἰστῷ μεταξὺ πίνοντοσ τὴν γνάθον. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 29:3)
ἀρίστουσ ᾤοντο τοιούτουσ ὁρῶντεσ, καὶ μάλιστα ἐπιτηροῦντεσ ἀντῶν τὴν ἐν τοῖσ δείπνοισ καὶ τῇ ἄλλῃ συνουσίᾳ κολακείαν καὶ τὴν πρὸσ τὸ κέρδοσ δουλοπρέπειαν. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 40:7)
ἐν δὲ τοῖσ δείπνοισ αὐτοῖσ ἀμελήσαντεσ τοῦ ἐμπίπλασθαι καὶ γαστρίζεσθαι καὶ αὐτοί, ἐπειδὰν πλεῖον τοῦ ἱκανοῦ ἐμπίωσιν, ἢ παιδὸσ ὡραίου μεταξὺ ἀναδόντοσ τὸ ἔκπωμα ἔνυξαν τὴν χεῖρα ἢ παλλακῇ ἢ γαμετῇ γυναικὶ ἐπεχείρησαν· (Lucian, Saturnalia, letter 4 3:2)

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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