συσσίτιον

A. common meal, public mess, such as were used in Crete and Sparta, Hdt. 1.65, Ar. Ec. 715, Pl. Lg. 625e, etc.; cf. Arist. Pol. 1271a33, 1272a1, 1330a3.

2. mess, company, Anaxil. 19.

II. mess-room, common-hall, ἐν μέσῳ συσσιτίῳ κρατῆρας ἔστησ’ E. l.c.; συσσίτια ἐν οἷς . . τὴν δίαιταν ποιητέον Pl. Lg. 762c; ς. χειμερινά Id. Criti. 112b; γυμνάσια ς. τε ibid.c; common-room of the Museum at Alexandria, Str. 17.1.8.