Δεῖπνον
meal
Translated by Jennifer Benedict30 Mar 2005Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning, in this context,] the early-morning breakfast.1
Which is called "breakfasting" [akratismos].2 So [when taken] around the third hour, [it is called] ariston, from its proceeding into bravery [aristeia].3 And "meal" deipnos, after which it is necessary [dei] to work [ponein]. Then the evening [meal is] "supper" [dorpos], from giving the spear [doru] a rest [pauein].4
And Aristophanes [writes]: "teach me to dine". In reference to the gluttonous.5
Which is called "breakfasting" [akratismos].2 So [when taken] around the third hour, [it is called] ariston, from its proceeding into bravery [aristeia].3 And "meal" deipnos, after which it is necessary [dei] to work [ponein]. Then the evening [meal is] "supper" [dorpos], from giving the spear [doru] a rest [pauein].4
And Aristophanes [writes]: "teach me to dine". In reference to the gluttonous.5
Greek original · Adler’s text
Δεῖπνον· τὸ πρωϊνὸν ἄριστον. ὅπερ ἀκρατισμὸς λέγεται. εἶτα περὶ ὥραν γʹ ἄριστον, παρὰ τὸ εἰς ἀριστείαν προέρχεσθαι. καὶ δεῖπνος, μεθ' ὃν δεῖ πονεῖν. εἶτα τὸ ἑσπερινὸν δόρπος, παρὰ τὸ δόρυ παύειν. καὶ Ἀριστοφάνης· δειπνεῖν με δίδασκε. ἐπὶ τῶν ἀδηφάγων.
Betacode
*dei=pnon: to\ prwi+no\n a)/riston. o(/per a)kratismo\s le/getai. ei)=ta peri\ w(/ran g# a)/riston, para\ to\ ei)s a)ristei/an proe/rxesqai. kai\ dei=pnos, meq' o(\n dei= ponei=n. ei)=ta to\ e(sperino\n do/rpos, para\ to\ do/ru pau/ein. kai\ *)aristofa/nhs: deipnei=n me di/daske. e)pi\ tw=n a)dhfa/gwn.
Notes (5)
- See also delta 355, delta 356, delta 357, delta 359, delta 360.↩
- 1cf. the scholia to Homer, Iliad 2.381, where the headword occurs. (The second paragraph of the entry, with its dubious etymologies, also derives from there.) ↩
- 2cf. alpha 960; Hesychius alpha7252, delta525. ↩
- 3cf. alpha 3923. ↩
- 4cf. delta 1393. ↩
- 5Aristophanes, Frogs 107 (web address 1 below), with the gloss of the scholia there.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- α960ἈκρατίζωI have breakfast, I drink neat wine[Meaning] I drink unmixed [wine]. Also [sc. attested is the aorist participle] a)kratisame/nh, [meaning she] having imbibed unmixed [wine]. "Having breakfasted, Theodora took a rest." [Note] that a meal, early…
- α3923Ἄριστονbreakfast[sc. A meal taken] about the 3rd hour; from "to go forth into valour [aristeia]." Look under deipnon ["dinner"].
- δ355Δειπνητόςdinner-time[Meaning] what we regard as a suitable meal-time. "I feast" [deipni/zw] another person, but "I myself feast" [deipnw=]. And [sc. also attested is its infinitive] deipnei=n. "And indeed Homer created Agamemnon feasting…
- δ1393Δόρποςevening meal, supper[Meaning] dinner. Also [sc. attested is] dorpwrh/, [also meaning] dinner. So do/rpos [is] the evening meal, from do/ru pau/ein ["to cease the spear"]. See also under dei=pnos.
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Revision history6 revisions · last 17 Jul 2016
- tweaked link — Catharine Roth
- more tweaking — David Whitehead
- another keyword; tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added cross-references — Catharine Roth
- modified translation; added references — Antonella Ippolito
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict