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δεῖπνον δάπτω in Hom. the principal meal of the day, —sometimes the noonday meal, sometimes = ἄριστον, the morning meal, sometimes = δόρπον, the evening meal. In old Attic the midday or afternoon meal, dinner or supper:— ἀπὸ δείπνου straightway after the meal, Il.; καλεῖν ἐπὶ δεῖπνον; δ. παραθεῖναι, etc. generally, fodder, provender, Il., Aesch.

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the principal meal

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δεῖπνον

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δεῖπνον

Headword (normalized/stripped):

δειπνον

IDX:

7370

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n7374

Key:

dei=pnon

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