table,
τράπεζ-α [τρᾰ],ης,ἡ, Dor.
τράπεσδα
Alcm. 74b :—
A. table,esp.dining-table, eating-table,freq. in Hom. ,Τηλεμάχοιο τ., ἐμὴ τ.,
Od. 17.333 , 447 , cf. IG 12.330.4 , Men. 518.2 ; τ. παραθεῖναι
Hdt. 6.139
, Alex. 171 ; παρέκειτο τ.
Il. 24.476
;τ. εἰσφέρειν, ἐπάγειν,
Ar. V. 1216 , Anaxandr. 2 (butἐσῄρετοis prob. cj.); ἡ τ. εἰσῄρετο
Ar. Ra. 518
; τ. ἀφαιρεῖν
Od. 19.61
, X. Smp. 2.1 ( Pass. ); αἴρειν
Men. 273
, cf. 451 ; ἐκφέρειν
Pl.Com. 69.2
;ξενίη τ.the hospitableboard,
ἴστω Ζεύς . . ξενίη τε τ.
Od. 14.158
, cf. 21.28 ; ᾔσχυνε ξενίαν τ. κλοπαῖσι
A. Ag. 401
(lyr.), cf. 701 (lyr.); ὅρκον μέγαν, ἅλας τε καὶ τράπεζαν
Archil. 96
, cf. Wilcken Chr. 11.58
(ii B. C.); ἡ ξενικὴ τ.
Aeschin. 3.224
; τοὺς τῆς πόλεως ἅλας καὶ τὴν δημοσίαν τ.
Id. 2.22
;δέξασθαι τραπέζῃ καὶ κοίτῃentertain at bed andboard,
Hdt. 5.20 ; κοίτης μεθέξουσα καὶ τραπέζης μόνον
Plu. Brut. 13
; ἐπὶ τὰς αὐτὰς τ. ἰέναι
Antipho 2.1.10
;τράπεζαν Περσικὴν παρετίθετοhe kepta tablein the Persian fashion, Th. 1.130 ; τ. κοσμεῖν
X. Cyr. 8.2.6
, etc.;εἰς ἀλλοτρίαν τ. ἀποβλέπεινlive at other men'stable,at their expense, Id. An. 7.2.33 ;τὴν τ. ἀνατρέπεινupset thetable,
D. 19.198 ; prov. of a spendthrift, And. 1.130 ;table dedicated to the gods,on which meats and offerings were set out, IG 12.190.4 , 840.19 , 22.1245.6 , 1534.163 , 1933.2 , Din. 3.2 ; τ. ἱερά
PCair.Zen. 708
(iii B. C.);ἐπὶ τὴν τ. τῶν Διοσκόρωνib. 569.24
(iii B. C.);τ. Κυρίου, τ. δαιμονίων,
1 Ep.Cor. 10.21 .
2. table,as implying what is upon it,meal,
ἄνομος τ.
Hdt. 1.162
, cf. E. Alc. 2 , X. An. 7.3.22 ; also βορᾶς τ.
S. OT 1464
;Συρακοσίων τ.,prov. of luxurious living, Ar. Fr. 216 , cf. Pl. R. 404d ;Σικελικαὶ τ.prov. ap. Jul. Or. 6.203a ; πολυτελὴς τ.
Epicur. Ep. 3p.64U.
;δεύτεραι τ.the secondcourse,
Plu. 2.133e , Ath. 14.639b ; cf.τράγημα.
II. money-changer's counter,
ἐν ἀγορᾷ ἐπὶ τῶν τ.
Pl. Ap. 17c
, cf. Plu. 2.70f ; αἱ τ. τῶν κολλυβιστῶν
Ev.Matt. 21.12
; most freq.bank,Lys 9.5 , etc.;ἡ ἐργασία ἡ τῆς τ.the right to operate thebank,
D. 36.6 ;ἡ ἐγγύη ἡ ἐπὶ τὴν τ.security given to thebank,
Id. 33.10 ; δοῦναι ἀργύριον ἐπὶ τ.
Ev.Luc. 19.23
; τὸ ἐπὶ τὴν τ. χρέως
D. 33.24
; οἱ ἐπὶ ταῖς τ. bankers,
Isoc. 17.2
;κατασκευάζεσθαι τράπεζανset up abank,
Is. Fr. 66 ;τῆς τ. ἀνασκευασθείσηςthebankhaving been broken, D. 33.9 ;δημοσία τ.publicbankat Delos, IG 22.2336.180
(i B. C.); in Egypt, POxy. 835 (Aug.), etc.;βασιλικὴ τ.in Egypt, PEleph. 27.22
(iii B. C.), PTeb. 27.70
(ii B. C.), etc.; χειριστὴς τῆς ἐν τῇ Πολέμωνος μερίδι τ.
PEnteux. 38.1
(iii B. C.); opp. ἰδιωτικὴ τ.
POxy. 305
(i A. D.), etc.;κολλυβιστικαὶ τ.ib. 1411.4
(iii A. D.).
III. any tableorflat surface on which a thing rests: as,
1. cross benchin which the mast is fixed, Sch. Il. 15.729 ;τ. δολωνική,
v. δολωνικός.
2. platform on which slaves were exposed for sale,
Ar. Fr. 874 .
3. tabletorslabwith a relief or inscription,τ. χαλκῆOrac. ap. D. 21.53 , cf. Paus. 8.31.3 ; at a tomb, Plu. 2.838c .
4. plinthof a statue, CIG 4702.7 (Egypt,iv B. C.).
b. lamp-stand, PSI 4.428.39
(iii B. C.).
5. nether millstone, BGU 251.17
(i A. D.), Poll. 7.19 .
6. part of a torsion engine,prob. theplinth,
Ph. Bel. 54.2 , Hero Bel. 100.1 .
7. part of the liver,
Nic. Th. 560 , Polyaen. 4.20 , Ruf. Onom. 180 .
8. shoulder-blade,
Poll. 2.177 .
9. grinding surface of the teeth,ib. 93 , Ruf. Onom. 54 . (The word is shortd. fromτετράπεζα;hence the questionκαὶ πόθεν ἐγὼ τρίπουν τ. λήψομαι;as if this were an absurdity, Ar. Fr. 530 ; τ. τρισκελεῖς
Cratin. 301
:—soτρίπεζα, τρέπεδδα(qq. v.), of three-legged tables.)
