ἄριστον
ἄριστον
α in Epic, α in Attic
the morning meal, breakfast, taken at sunrise, Hom., Hdt.; ἄριστα, δεῖπνα, δόρπα θʼ αἱρεῖσθαι τρίτον Aesch.:—later, ἄριστον was the mid-day meal, Roman prandium, Thuc.
Perh. akin to ἦρι, early.