Monday, 23 November 2015

A dvandva compound: ~ brunch ?

Hesychius has ἀριστόδειπνον· ὅταν τὸ ἄριστον τῷ δείπνῳ συνάψωσιν.

The word is known from a fragment of Alexis (via Athenaeus) and, from Pollux VI 102, we know that it was used by Menander.  

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