συσσῑ́τ-ιον,τό, only in pl. (exc. in E. Ion 1165 ),
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. τεibid.c;common-roomof the Museum at Alexandria, Str. 17.1.8 .