δειπνέω

A. ‐ήσω Ar. Pax 1084, X. Cyr. 5.3.35, ‐ήσομαι D.S. 11.9, Gal. 11.6: aor. ἐδείπνησα, Ep. δείπνησα Od. 14.111, etc.: pf. δεδείπνηκα Ar. Ec. 1133, etc.; Att. 1 pl. δεδείπναμεν Alex. 109, Eub. 91; inf. δεδειπνάναι Ar. Fr. 464,249,Pl.Com. 144: plpf. ἐδεδειπνήκεσαν Antipho 1.18; Ep. δεδειπνήκειν Od. 17.359:—make a meal, Hom. (v. δεῖπνον): in Att. always, take the chief meal, dine, once in Trag., δειπνεῖν E. Fr. 894 (dub. l.); δ. τὸ ἄριστον make breakfast serve as dinner, X. Cyr. 1.2.11; δ. παρά τινι with one, Antipho 1.18; [ἐν πρυτανείῳ] And. 1.45.

2. c. acc., δ. ἄρτον make a meal on bread, Hes. Op. 442; δ. μοσχίον Ephipp. 15.13; κοτύλην μίαν Alex. 221.17; ξίφη Mnesim. 7; δ. τἀλλότρια, of parasites, freq. in Com., Theopomp.34, Eub. 72, etc.; also δ. ἀπό τινος Ar. Pl. 890.

II. Act., entertain, τινάς Milet. 7.68, Inscr.Cos 131.