Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

συμποτικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: συμποτικός συμποτική συμποτικόν

Structure: συμποτικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from sumpo/ths

Sense

  1. of or for a sumpo/sion, convivial, jolly, suited for drinking songs, a jolly fellow

Examples

  • τὸ γοῦν ἥδιστον καὶ συμποτικώτερον ἡ ἰσοτιμία ἐστί, καὶ ὁ ἰσοδαίτησ τούτου ἕνεκα ἡγεῖται ὑμῖν τῶν συμποσίων, ὡσ τὸ ἴσον ἅπαντεσ ἔχοιεν. (Lucian, Saturnalia, letter 3 2:7)

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

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