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Ancient Greek
Etymology
No clear etymology. According to Beekes, it could well be of Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eː.la.pí.nɛː/ → /i.laˈpi.ni/ → /i.laˈpi.ni/
Noun
εἰλᾰπῐ́νη • (eilapínē) f (genitive εἰλᾰπῐ́νης); first declension
- solemn feast, banquet
- Synonyms: δαίς (daís), εὐωχία (euōkhía)
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Further reading
- “εἰλαπίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “εἰλαπίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “εἰλαπίνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- εἰλαπίνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- εἰλαπίνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- εἰλαπίνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “εἰλαπίνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 382