ἔταξα. σῖτον δ᾽ εἰδέναι διώρισατῆς δὲ τετάρτης τροφῆς οὕτως Ὅμηρος μέμνηται ‘σὺ δ᾽ ἔρχεο δειελιήσας,’ ὃ καλοῦσί τινες δειλινόν, ὅ ἐστι μεταξὺ τοῦ ὑφ᾽ ἡμῶν λεγομένου ἀρίστου καὶ δείπνου. καὶ ἄριστον μέν ἐστι τὸ ὑπὸ τὴν ἕω λαμβανόμενον, δεῖπνον δὲ τὸ μεσημβρινὸν ὃ ἡμεῖς ἄριστον, δόρπον δὲ τὸ ἑσπερινόν. μήποτε δὲ καὶ συνωνυμεῖ τὸ ἄριστον τῷ δείπνῳ. ἐπὶ γὰρ τῆς πρωινῆς που τροφῆς ἔφη: ‘οἱ δ᾽ ἄρα δεῖπνον ’
ἄριστα, δεῖπνα, δόρπα δ᾽ αἱρεῖσθαι τρίτα.
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