συμπόσι-ον, τό,
drinking-party, symposium, [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 298, 496, 6th c.BC: Phocylides Lyricus 11, 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 23.3, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.48, +others, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.78, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.10, etc.] Refs 7th c.BC+]; σ. κατασκευάσαι, φίλοις παρασχεῖν, συνάγειν, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 363c, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.198b, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 5.186c, etc.; παιδαγωγεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 641b.-- 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus, and 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus wrote dialogues under this name. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II the party itself, the guests, [[ LXX.3Mac.5.36, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.157d, 704d] LXX+1st c.AD+]; ἀνακλιθῆναι.. συμπόσια συμπόσια in groups, [[NT.Mark.6.39. ] NT]
__III the room in which such parties were given, τοῦ σ. στέγη [[ 3rd c.BC(?): Callixinus Historicus 2, compare “BGU” 1793.11 (1st c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; σαίρειν τὸ σ. [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “D Deor.” 24.1, etc. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]