Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὁμοτράπεζος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὁμοτράπεζος ὁμοτράπεζον

Structure: ὁμοτραπεζ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: tra/peza

Sense

  1. eating at the same table with, messmates

Examples

  • "διὸ καὶ τοὺσ Περσῶν βασιλεῖσ φασιν οὐ μόνον φίλοισ καὶ ἡγεμόσι καὶ σωματοφύλαξιν ἀποπέμπειν ἀεὶ μερίδασ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ τῶν δούλων καὶ τὸ τῶν κυνῶν ἀεὶ δεῖπνον ἐπὶ τῆσ ἐκείνων προτίθεσθαι τραπέζησ, ὡσ ἀνυστὸν ἦν, πάντασ οἷσ ἐχρῶντο ποιουμένων ὁμοτραπέζουσ καὶ ὁμεστίουσ. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 7, 12:3)

Related

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

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