δεῖπνον

• δεῖπνος (deîpnos)

Unknown. Perhaps of Pre-Greek origin. Furnée compares δάπτω (dáptō), Latin daps and damnum. Kluge compares Proto-Germanic *tēwō (“to regular, arrange (a meal)”), source of Gothic 𐍄𐌴𐍅𐌰 (tēwa), German Zeche, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to fit”).^[1]

δεῖπνον • (deîpnon) n (genitive δείπνου); second declension

1. meal
2. (in general) food, provender

• Greek: δείπνο (deípno)

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  • dinner idem, page 225.
  • feast idem, page 312.
  • meal idem, page 519.
  • repast idem, page 695.
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