λέσχη
λέσχ-η,
ἡ, (prob. from
Λέχ-σκη, cf.
λέχος) orig.
A). couch: hence, funeral bier or tomb, IG 12(1).709 (Camirus); then,
2). lounging place, resort of idlers or beggars,
οὐδ’ ἐθέλεις εὕδειν χαλκήϊον ἐς δόμον ἐλθὼν ἠέ που ἐς λέσχην Od. 18.329 ;
πὰρ δ’ ἴθι χάλκειον θῶκον καὶ ἐπαλέα λέσχην Hes. Op. 493 , cf.
501 ;
κατίζων ἐν ταῖς λ. τῶν γερόντων Ps.-
Hdt. Vit.Hom. 12 .
3). later,
public building or
hall, used as a
lounge or
meeting-place, esp. at Sparta and in other Doric cities,
Cratin. 164 (pl.), cf.
Paus. 3.14.2 ,
Plu. Lyc. 16 ,
24 (pl.); also in Attica,
IG 12.888 ,
2.1055.23 , Procl.ad
Hes. Op. 491 ; at Delphi,
hall adorned with paintings by Polygnotus,
Luc. Im. 7 ,
Paus. 10.25.1 ; at Cnidus,
council-chamber,
Plu. 2.412d , cf.
298d ; of the
council of the Olympian gods,
Ζεὺς ἇς λέσχας ἀπηξιώσατο (sc.
τὰς Ἐρινῦς)
A. Eu. 366 (lyr.); also
σύγκλητον τήνδε γερόντων λ. this specially summoned
council,
S. Ant. 161 (anap.).
II). talk or
gossip, such as went on in the
λέσχαι (cf.
λεσχηνεύω, etc.),
μακραὶ λ. E. Hipp. 384 , cf.
IA 1001 (pl.),
Epicr. 11.32 (pl., anap.),
LXX Pr. 23.29 (pl.),
AP 13.6 (
Phal.); in bad sense,
malicious gossip, scandal, Vett. Val.in
Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(1).165 (pl.); also in good sense,
conversation, discussion,
γενομένης λ., ὃς γένοιτο .. ἄριστος Hdt. 9.71 ;
ἐκ λόγων ἄλλων ἀπικέσθαι ἐς λ. περὶ τοῦ Νείλου Id. 2.32 ;
λόγον εἴ τιν’ οἴσεις πρὸς ἐμὰν λ. if thou hast aught to
discuss with me,
S. OC 167 (lyr.);
αἶσαν λέσχης οἶνος ἔχειν ἐθέλει Call. Aet. 1.1.16 ;
ἥλιον ἐν λέσχῃ κατεδύσαμεν Id. Epigr. 2.3 ;
λύω λέσχας, 'cut the cackle', prov. for breaking off
discussion and setting to work in earnest,
Pl.Com. 223 .
ShortDef
a place where people assembled to talk and hear news, a lounge, club-room
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Headword (normalized):
λέσχη
Headword (normalized/stripped):
λεσχη
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-62590
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">λέσχ-η</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, (prob. from <span class="foreign greek">Λέχ-σκη</span>, cf. <span class="foreign greek">λέχος</span>) orig. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">couch</span>: hence, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">funeral bier</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tomb,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">IG</span> 12(1).709 </span> (Camirus); then, </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lounging place</span>, resort of idlers or beggars, <span class="quote greek">οὐδ’ ἐθέλεις εὕδειν χαλκήϊον ἐς δόμον ἐλθὼν ἠέ που ἐς λέσχην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:18:329" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:18.329/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 18.329 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πὰρ δ’ ἴθι χάλκειον θῶκον καὶ ἐπαλέα λέσχην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:493" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:493/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 493 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:501" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:501/canonical-url/"> 501 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">κατίζων ἐν ταῖς λ. τῶν γερόντων</span> Ps.- <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Vit.Hom.</span> 12 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> later, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">public building</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hall</span>, used as a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lounge</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">meeting-place</span>, esp. at Sparta and in other Doric cities, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001:164" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001:164/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cratin.</span> 164 </a> (pl.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:14:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:14:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Paus.</span> 3.14.2 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg004:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg004:16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lyc.</span> 16 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg004:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg004:24/canonical-url/"> 24 </a> (pl.); also in Attica, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.888 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 2.1055.23 </span>, Procl.ad <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:491" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:491/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 491 </a>; at Delphi, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hall</span> adorned with paintings by Polygnotus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg039:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg039:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Im.</span> 7 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:25:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:25:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Paus.</span> 10.25.1 </a>; at Cnidus, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">council-chamber</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.412d </span>, cf. <span class="bibl"> 298d </span>; of the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">council</span> of the Olympian gods, <span class="foreign greek">Ζεὺς ἇς λέσχας ἀπηξιώσατο</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">τὰς Ἐρινῦς</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:366" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:366/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 366 </a> (lyr.); also <span class="foreign greek">σύγκλητον τήνδε γερόντων λ.</span> this specially summoned <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">council</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:161" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:161/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 161 </a> (anap.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">talk</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">gossip</span>, such as went on in the <span class="foreign greek">λέσχαι</span> (cf. <span class="foreign greek">λεσχηνεύω</span>, etc.), <span class="quote greek">μακραὶ λ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:384" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:384/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 384 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:1001" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:1001/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 1001 </a> (pl.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0451.tlg001:11:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0451.tlg001:11.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epicr.</span> 11.32 </a> (pl., anap.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg029:23:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg029:23.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 23.29 </a> (pl.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 13.6 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phal.</span></span>); in bad sense, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">malicious gossip, scandal</span>, Vett. Val.in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cat.Cod.Astr.</span> 8(1).165 </span> (pl.); also in good sense, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">conversation, discussion</span>, <span class="quote greek">γενομένης λ., ὃς γένοιτο .. ἄριστος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:71" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.71/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 9.71 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐκ λόγων ἄλλων ἀπικέσθαι ἐς λ. περὶ τοῦ Νείλου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 2.32 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">λόγον εἴ τιν’ οἴσεις πρὸς ἐμὰν λ.</span> if thou hast aught to <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">discuss</span> with me, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:167" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:167/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 167 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">αἶσαν λέσχης οἶνος ἔχειν ἐθέλει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:1:1:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:1:1:16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aet.</span> 1.1.16 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἥλιον ἐν λέσχῃ κατεδύσαμεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg003.perseus-grc1:2:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg003.perseus-grc1:2.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epigr.</span> 2.3 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">λύω λέσχας</span>, \'cut the cackle\', prov. for breaking off <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">discussion</span> and setting to work in earnest, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0497.tlg001:223" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0497.tlg001:223/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.Com.</span> 223 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}