συμπόσιον Ancient Greek · revision 3110

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=7th–6th century BC, Alcaeus|origins=grc πίνω}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (5th-century BC Attic): /sym.pó.si.on/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (4th-century AD Koine): /symˈpo.si.on/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (10th-century Byzantine): /symˈpo.si.on/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''σῠμπόσῐον''' (sumpósion) ''n'' (genitive σῠμποσῐ́ου); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is derived from [[συμπότης|tr=sumpótēs|t=drinking companion]] with the suffix [[m|grc|-ιον|tr=-ion]]; συμπότης is from [[συμπίνω|tr=sumpínō|t=to drink together]], formed from [[σύν|tr=sún|t=with]] and [[πίνω|tr=pínō|t=to drink]].^(Wiktionary)^(CGL 2021)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Alcaeus, Theognis and Phocylides use it for a drinking party.^(LSJ 1940)^(BDAG 2000)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The symposium was a drinking party of male guests after a meal, garlanded and reclining on couches, with prayers, libations, games and entertainment.^(CGL 2021) Pindar and Herodotus mention it.^(CGL 2021)^(LSJ 1940) Conversation was highly prized there, and Plato, Xenophon and Plutarch wrote dialogues called ''Symposium''.^(BDAG 2000)^(LSJ 1940) The word also meant the party itself, the company.^(LSJ 1940)^(Wiktionary)

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+ The Septuagint uses it for a banquet and for a group of guests, and the New Testament for groups of diners.^(Lust 2003)^(CGL 2021) Hesychius defines it as “a place of feasting and drinking”.^(Hesychius)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 7th–6th century BC – Alcaeus uses it.^(LSJ 1940)

+ * 6th century BC – Theognis and Phocylides use it.^(LSJ 1940)^(BDAG 2000)

+ * 5th century BC – Herodotus mentions symposia.^(LSJ 1940)^(CGL 2021)

+ * 5th–4th century BC – Plato and Xenophon write dialogues titled ''Symposium''.^(LSJ 1940)

+ * 1st century AD – The New Testament uses it for groups of diners.^(CGL 2021)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A drinking party, a [[m|en|symposium]], banquet.^(LSJ 1940)^(CGL 2021)

+ # The company at a drinking party; a group of diners.^(LSJ 1940)^(CGL 2021)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[συμποσιαρχέω|tr=sumposiarkhéō]]

+ * [[συμποσίαρχος|tr=sumposíarkhos]]

+ * [[συμποσιακός|tr=sumposiakós]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[συμπίνω|tr=sumpínō]]

+ * [[πίνω|tr=pínō]]

+ * [[en|symposium]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}