Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

μεταδόρπιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεταδόρπιος μεταδόρπιον

Structure: μεταδορπι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: do/rpon

Sense

  1. in the middle of supper, during supper
  2. after supper

Examples

  • ὦ Θρασύβουλ’, ἐρατᾶν ὄχημ’ ἀοιδᾶν τοῦτό τοι πέμπω μεταδόρπιον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 60 1:3)
  • νυκτερινὴν ἐπίκωμοσ ἰὼν μεταδόρπιον ὡρ́ην ἄρνα λύκοσ θυρέτροισ εὑρ͂ον ἐφεσταότα, υἱὸν Ἀριστοδίκου τοῦ γείτονοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 2501)

Synonyms

  1. after supper

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

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