- δόρπον
- δόρπονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `evening-meal' (Il.).Other forms: (hell. and late also -ος m.)Dialectal forms: Myc. doqeja \/dorkʷeja\/?Derivatives: δόρπιον `time for ..' (Hp. Epid. 5, 22 v. l.), δόρπιος `belonging to the δ.' (Nonn.); δορπήϊα n. pl. `food, meal' (Nic.; cf. ξεινήϊα), Δορπία f. `evening before a feast, esp. the Apaturia' (Hdt.). Denomin. δορπέω `take the evening meal' (Hom.), δορπιάζειν δειπνεῖν H. (cf. συμποσι-άζειν). - δορπηστός m. (scil. καιρός) `time for..' (Hp.), cf. δειπνηστός s. δεῖπνον.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [00] *dorkʷo- `evening meal'?Etymology: δόρπον can be combined with Alb. darkë `evening(meal)' as *dorkʷ̯-o-, Mann Lang. 26, 384f., Porzig Gliederung 178. Further connections are unknown. Could the word be Pre-Greek?Page in Frisk: 1,410-411
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.