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woman, Pi. P. 4.98, Hdt. 1.60, Isoc. 18.52, Arist. EN 1148b20; contemptuously, of female slaves, Antipho 1.17, Is. 6.20, etc.; with a sense of pity, D. 19.197.—Prop. opp. θηρίον, cf. ἀνήρ; but opp. γυνή, Aeschin. 3.137; ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου ἕως γυναικός LXX 1 Es. 9.40, etc.
meal: in Hom. sts. noonday meal, Il. 11.86; sts. = ἄριστον, morning meal, 2.381, 10.578, 19.171 sq., Od. 15.94 sq., 500; sts. = δόρπον, evening meal, 17.176, 20.390 sq.; later, the midday meal, σῖτον εἰδέναι διώρισα, ἄριστα, δεῖπνα, δόρπα θʼ αἱρεῖσθαι τρίτα A. Fr. 182; later, the afternoon meal, dinner or supper, σοὶ δὲ μελήσει, ὅταν ᾖ δεκάπουν τὸ στοιχεῖον, λιπαρῷ χωρεῖν ἐπὶ δ. Ar. Ec. 652: freq. in pl., S. OT 779, El. 203 (lyr.); δ. Θυέστου E. Or. 1008 (lyr.); ἀπὸ δείπνου straight-way after the meal, ἀπὸ δ. αὐτοῦ θωρήσσοντο Il. 8.54, cf. Antipho 1.17; καλεῖν ἐπὶ δεῖπνον, κεκλῆσθαι ἐπὶ δ., Eub. 72, 119.2; δ. παρασκευάζειν Pherecr. 45, 172; παραθεῖναι Id. 184; ποιεῖν Dionys.Com. 2.4; of animals, etc., Hom. Epigr. 11, Ael. VH 1.12, 12.27.
minister, do service, abs., E. Ion 396, Ar. Av. 1323, POxy. 275.10 (i A.D.): c. dat. pers., serve D. 19.69, etc.; δ. διακονικὰ ἔργα Arist. Pol. 1333a8; δ. ὑποθήκαις τινός Antipho 1.17; δ. παρὰ τῷ δεσπότῃ Posidipp. 2; δ. πρὸς ὠνήν τε καὶ πρᾶσιν Pl. R. 371d:— Med., minister to oneʼs own needs, serve oneself, S. Ph. 287; αὑτῷ διακονεῖται Ar. Ach. 1017; διακονοῦντες καὶ διακονούμενοι ἑαυτοῖς acting as servants and serving themselves, Pl. Lg. 763a: also simply like Act., οἶνον ἡμῖν χρυσίῳ διακονούμενοι Luc. Asin. 53, cf. Lib. Or. 53.9:— Pass., to be served, οὐκ ἦλθε διακονηθῆναι ἀλλὰ διακονῆσαι Ev.Matt. 20.28.
suggestion, counsel, warning, Hdt. 1.156, 206, al.; ποιέειν τὰς Κροίσου ὑποθήκας ib. 211; ὑποθήκαις διακονεῖν Antipho 1.17; κατὰ τὴν Βίαντος ὑ. Arist. Rh. 1389b23, cf. 1368a2 (pl.); applied to didactic poems, such as Hesiodʼs, Isoc. 2.3,43, Phld. Po. 5.27, Hierocl. in CA Praef. p.417M.; instructions, Cic. Att. 2.17.3; ὑ. ἄνευ νόμων Ruf. ap. Orib. inc. 20.19; οὐ κατʼ ἰατρικάς ἐστιν ὑ. is not a matter for medical advice, Sor. 1.126; ὑποθήκας διδόναι Gal. 6.307; ποιήσασθαι ib. 405.