λ309Λέσχη
lounging, lounge; conversation
[Meaning] socialising a lot, prattle. In the old days leschai was the name for the seats and places in which men were accustomed to congregate and philosophize. So says, too, Hierocles in [book] 1 of Philosophical…
Λέσχη· πολλὴ ὁμιλία, φλυαρία. τὸ δὲ παλαιὸν αἱ καθέδραι καὶ οἱ τόποι, ἐν οἷς εἰώθεσαν ἀθροιζόμενοι φιλοσοφεῖν, λέσχαι ἐκαλοῦντο. οὕτω φησὶ καὶ Ἱεροκλῆς ἐν αʹ Φιλοσοφουμένων.…
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