ἄριστον
ἄριστον,
τό,
A). morning meal, breakfast, twice in
Hom.,
ἐντύνοντ’ ἄ. ἅμ’ ἠοῖ Od. 16.2 , cf.
Il. 24.124 ;
ἄριστα, δεῖπνα, δόρπα θ’ αἱρεῖσθαι τρίτα A. Fr. 182 , cf.
Ag. 331 : later,
breakfast was called
ἀκράτισμα, and
ἄριστον was the midday meal, our
luncheon, cf.
Th. 4.90 ,
7.81 ;
ἄ. αἱρεῖσθαι, ποιεῖσθαι, Hdt. 3.26 ,
6.78 ;
ἀπ’ ἀρίστου μέχρι δείλης Arist. HA 619a15 .[
ᾱ; contr. from
ᾰ(
y)
ερι-στον, cf. Goth.
air, OHG.
ēr 'early', Avest.
ayar[schwa] 'day'; also
ᾱ(
y)
ερ- in
ἦρι, ἠέριος; -στο- from
-d-to-, root
ed- 'eat'.]
ShortDef
the morning meal, breakfast
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἄριστον
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αριστον
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-15122
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἄριστον</span>, <span class="gen greek">τό</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">morning meal, breakfast,</span> twice in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, <span class="quote greek">ἐντύνοντ’ ἄ. ἅμ’ ἠοῖ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:16:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:16.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 16.2 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:124" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.124/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 24.124 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἄριστα, δεῖπνα, δόρπα θ’ αἱρεῖσθαι τρίτα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:182" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:182/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 182 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:331" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:331/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 331 </a>: later, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">breakfast</span> was called <span class="foreign greek">ἀκράτισμα,</span> and <span class="foreign greek">ἄριστον</span> was the midday meal, our <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">luncheon,</span> cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:90" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.90/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.90 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:81" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.81/canonical-url/"> 7.81 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἄ. αἱρεῖσθαι, ποιεῖσθαι,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.26 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:78" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.78/canonical-url/"> 6.78 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀπ’ ἀρίστου μέχρι δείλης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:619a:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:619a.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 619a15 </a> .[<span class="pron greek">ᾱ</span>; contr. from <span class="pron greek">ᾰ</span>(<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">y</span>)<span class="foreign greek">ερι-στον,</span> cf. Goth. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">air,</span> OHG. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ēr</span> \'early\', Avest. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ayar[schwa]</span> \'day\'; also <span class="pron greek">ᾱ</span>(<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">y</span>)<span class="itype greek">ερ</span>- in <span class="foreign greek">ἦρι, ἠέριος; -στο-</span> from <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">-d-to-,</span> root <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ed-</span> \'eat\'.]</div> </div><br><br>'}