Δειπνιάς

Entry #40
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 223.12 | Billerbeck: Δ40
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-02
Word count: 42
Sources: Καλλίμαχος (Callimachus) fr. 87 Pfeiffer
Entities: Δειπνιάς (Deipnias (village)) [place], Θεσσαλία (Thessaly) [place], Λάρισσα (Larissa) [place], Ἀπόλλων (Apollo) [deity], Τέμπαι (Tempe (Vale of Tempe)) [place], Δειπνιεύς (Deipnieus (ethnicon)) [people], Ἀφροδισιεύς (Aphrodisieus (ethnicon)) [people], Ὀρθωσιεύς (Orthosieus (ethnicon)) [people]
Etymologies: Folk Etymology Narrative: Deipnias: a village of Thessaly near Larissa, where they say that Apollo first dined when, having been purified from the Tempe, he returned; and it is a custom that the boy who bears the laurel, coming to this place, dines here. Callimachus: 'Deipnias received him from there.'; Morphological Composition: The ethnic (demonym) is Δειπνιεύς, formed in the same way as Ἀφροδισιεύς and Ὀρθωσιεύς.
Source: vol2_053.jpg
Edit