συμπόσιον (
sympósion｜
soom-pos'-ee-on｜
noun｜
party)
[Grk]
συμπόσιον,
συμποσία LN: 11.5 GK: G5234,
G5235 Hebrew: מִשְׁתֶּה
Derivation: neuter of a derivative of the alternate of
συμπίνω;
Strong's: a drinking-party ("symposium"), i.e. (by extension) a room of guests
KJV: --company.
See: συμπίνω συμπόσι-ον, τό,
drinking-party, symposium, Thgn. 298, 496, Phoc. 11, Alc. Supp. 23.3, Pi. N. 9.48, al., Hdt. 2.78, X. Cyr. 8.8.10, etc.; ς. κατασκευάσαι, φίλοις παρασχεῖν, συνάγειν, Pl. R. 363c, Plu. 2.198b, Ath. 5.186c, etc.; παιδαγωγεῖν Pl. Lg. 641b.-- Pl., X., and Plu. wrote dialogues under this name.
II the party itself, the guests, LXX [3Ma 5:36], Plu. 2.157d, 704d; ἀνακλιθῆναι.. συμπόσια συμπόσια in groups, [Mar 6:39].
III the room in which such parties were given, τοῦ ς. στέγη Callix. 2, cf. BGU 1793.11 (i B.C.); σαίρειν τὸ ς. Luc. D Deor. 24.1, etc.
συμπόσιον symposion 2x
a drinking together;
a feast, banquet;
a festive company;
in NT, pl. συμπόσια, eating party, [Mar 6:39] (2x)
G4849 — συμπόσιον
συμποσίου, τό (συμπίνω), a drinking-party, entertainment (Latinconvivium); by metonymy, the party itself, the guests (Plutarch, mor., p. 157 a.; 704d.); plural rows of guests: συμπόσια συμπόσια, Hebraistically for κατά συμπόσια, in parties, by companies ((Buttmann, 30 (27); § 129 a. 3; Winers Grammar, 229 (214); 464 (432)); see πρασιά), [Mar 6:39].