A). table, esp. dining-table, eating-table, freq. in Hom., Τηλεμάχοιο τ., ἐμὴ τ., Od. 17.333 , 447 , cf. IG 12.330.4 , Men. 518.2 ; τ. παραθεῖναι Hdt. 6.139 , Alex. 171 ; παρέκειτο τ. Il. 24.476 ; τ. εἰσφέρειν, ἐπάγειν, Ar. V. 1216 , Anaxandr. 2 (but ἐσῄρετο is prob. cj.); ἡ τ. εἰσῄρετο Ar. Ra. 518 ; τ. ἀφαιρεῖν Od. 19.61 , X. Smp. 2.1 ( Pass.); αἴρειν Men. 273 , cf. 451 ; ἐκφέρειν Pl.Com. 69.2 ; ξενίη τ. the hospitable board, ἴστω Ζεύς .. ξενίη τε τ. Od. 14.158 , cf. 21.28 ; ᾔσχυνε ξενίαν τ. κλοπαῖσι A. Ag. 401 (lyr.), cf. 701 (lyr.); ὅρκον μέγαν, ἅλας τε καὶ τράπεζαν Archil. 96 , cf. Wilcken Chr. 11.58 (ii B. C.); ἡ ξενικὴ τ. Aeschin. 3.224 ; τοὺς τῆς πόλεως ἅλας καὶ τὴν δημοσίαν τ. Id. 2.22 ; δέξασθαι τραπέζῃ καὶ κοίτῃ entertain at bed and board, Hdt. 5.20 ; κοίτης μεθέξουσα καὶ τραπέζης μόνον Plu. Brut. 13 ; ἐπὶ τὰς αὐτὰς τ. ἰέναι Antipho 2.1.10 ; τράπεζαν Περσικὴν παρετίθετο he kept a table in the Persian fashion, Th. 1.130 ; τ. κοσμεῖν X. Cyr. 8.2.6 , etc.; εἰς ἀλλοτρίαν τ. ἀποβλέπειν live at other men's table, at their expense, Id. An. 7.2.33 ; τὴν τ. ἀνατρέπειν upset the table, D. 19.198 ; prov. of a spendthrift, And. 1.130 ; table dedicated to the gods, on which meats and offerings were set out, IG 12.190.4 , 840.19 , 22.1245.6 , 1534.163 , 1933.2 , Din. 3.2 ; τ. ἱερά PCair.Zen. 708 (iii B. C.); ἐπὶ τὴν τ. τῶν Διοσκόρων ib. 569.24 (iii B. C.); τ. Κυρίου, τ. δαιμονίων, 1 Ep.Cor. 10.21 .

2). table, as implying what is upon it, meal, ἄνομος τ. Hdt. 1.162 , cf. E. Alc. 2 , X. An. 7.3.22 ; also βορᾶς τ. S. OT 1464 ; Συρακοσίων τ., prov. of luxurious living, Ar. Fr. 216 , cf. Pl. R. 404d ; Σικελικαὶ τ. prov. ap. Jul. Or. 6.203a ; πολυτελὴς τ. Epicur. Ep. 3p.64U. ; δεύτεραι τ. the second course, Plu. 2.133e , Ath. 14.639b ; cf. τράγημα.

II). money-changer's counter, ἐν ἀγορᾷ ἐπὶ τῶν τ. Pl. Ap. 17c , cf. Plu. 2.70f ; αἱ τ. τῶν κολλυβιστῶν Ev.Matt. 21.12 ; most freq. bank, Lys 9.5 , etc.; ἡ ἐργασία ἡ τῆς τ. the right to operate the bank, D. 36.6 ; ἡ ἐγγύη ἡ ἐπὶ τὴν τ. security given to the bank, Id. 33.10 ; δοῦναι ἀργύριον ἐπὶ τ. Ev.Luc. 19.23 ; τὸ ἐπὶ τὴν τ. χρέως D. 33.24 ; οἱ ἐπὶ ταῖς τ. bankers, Isoc. 17.2 ; κατασκευάζεσθαι τράπεζαν set up a bank, Is. Fr. 66 ; τῆς τ. ἀνασκευασθείσης the bank having been broken, D. 33.9 ; δημοσία τ. public bank at Delos, IG 22.2336.180 (i B. C.); in Egypt, POxy. 835 (Aug.), etc.; βασιλικὴ τ. in Egypt, PEleph. 27.22 (iii B. C.), PTeb. 27.70 (ii B. C.), etc.; χειριστὴς τῆς ἐν τῇ Πολέμωνος μερίδι τ. PEnteux. 38.1 (iii B. C.); opp. ἰδιωτικὴ τ. POxy. 305 (i A. D.), etc.; κολλυβιστικαὶ τ. ib. 1411.4 (iii A. D.).

III). any table or flat surface on which a thing rests: as,

1). cross bench in which the mast is fixed, Sch. Il. 15.729 ; τ. δολωνική, v. δολωνικός.

2). platform on which slaves were exposed for sale, Ar. Fr. 874 .

3). tablet or slab with a relief or inscription, τ. χαλκῆ Orac. ap. D. 21.53 , cf. Paus. 8.31.3 ; at a tomb, Plu. 2.838c .

4). plinth of a statue, CIG 4702.7 (Egypt, iv B. C.).

b). lamp-stand, PSI 4.428.39 (iii B. C.).

5). nether millstone, BGU 251.17 (i A. D.), Poll. 7.19 .

6). part of a torsion engine, prob. the plinth, Ph. Bel. 54.2 , Hero Bel. 100.1 .

7). part of the liver, Nic. Th. 560 , Polyaen. 4.20 , Ruf. Onom. 180 .

8). shoulder-blade, Poll. 2.177 .

9). grinding surface of the teeth, ib. 93 , Ruf. Onom. 54 . (The word is shortd. from τετράπεζα; hence the question καὶ πόθεν ἐγὼ τρίπουν τ. λήψομαι; as if this were an absurdity, Ar. Fr. 530 ; τ. τρισκελεῖς Cratin. 301 :—so τρίπεζα, τρέπεδδα (qq. v.), of three-legged tables.)