τράπεζα

τράπεζ-α [pron. full] [τρᾰ], ης, ἡ, [dialect] Dor. [full] τράπεσδα Alcm.74b:—

A table, esp. dining-table, eating-table, freq. in Hom., Τηλεμάχοιο τ., ἐμὴ τ., Od.17.333, 447, cf. IG12.330.4, Men.518.2;

τ. παραθεῖναι Hdt.6.139

, Alex.171;

παρέκειτο τ. Il.24.476

; τ. εἰσφέρειν, ἐπάγειν, Ar.V.1216, Anaxandr. 2 (but ἐσῄρετο is prob. cj.);

ἡ τ. εἰσῄρετο Ar.Ra.518

;

τ. ἀφαιρεῖν Od. 19.61

, X.Smp.2.1 ([voice] Pass.);

αἴρειν Men.273

, cf. 451;

ἐκφέρειν Pl.Com. 69.2

; ξενίη τ. the hospitable board,

ἴστω Ζεύς . . ξενίη τε τ. Od.14.158

, cf. 21.28;

ᾔσχυνε ξενίαν τ. κλοπαῖσι A.Ag.401

(lyr.), cf. 701 (lyr.);

ὅρκον μέγαν, ἅλας τε καὶ τράπεζαν Archil.96

, cf. Wilcken Chr.11.58 (ii B. C.);

ἡ ξενικὴ τ. Aeschin.3.224

;

τοὺς τῆς πόλεως ἅλας καὶ τὴν δημοσίαν τ. Id.2.22

; δέξασθαι τραπέζῃ καὶ κοίτῃ entertain at bed and board, Hdt.5.20;

κοίτης μεθέξουσα καὶ τραπέζης μόνον Plu.Brut.13

;

ἐπὶ τὰς αὐτὰς τ. ἰέναι Antipho 2.1.10

; τράπεζαν Περσικὴν παρετίθετο he kept a table in the Persian fashion, Th.1.130;

τ. κοσμεῖν X. Cyr.8.2.6

, etc.; εἰς ἀλλοτρίαν τ. ἀποβλέπειν live at other men's table, at their expense, Id.An.7.2.33; τὴν τ. ἀνατρέπειν upset the table, D.19.198; prov. of a spendthrift, And.1.130; table dedicated to the gods, on which meats and offerings were set out, IG12.190.4, 840.19, 22.1245.6, 1534.163, 1933.2, Din.3.2;

τ. ἱερά PCair.Zen.708

(iii B. C.); ἐπὶ τὴν τ. τῶν Διοσκόρων ib.569.24 (iii B. C.); τ. Κυρίου, τ. δαιμονίων, 1 Ep.Cor.10.21.

2 table, as implying what is upon it, meal,

ἄνομος τ. Hdt.1.162

, cf. E.Alc.2, X.An.7.3.22; also

βορᾶς τ. S.OT1464

; Συρακοσίων τ., prov. of luxurious living, Ar.Fr. 216, cf. Pl.R.404d; Σικελικαὶ τ. prov. ap. Jul. Or.6.203a;

πολυτελὴς τ. Epicur.Ep.3p.64U.

; δεύτεραι τ. the second course, Plu.2.133e, Ath.14.639b; cf. τράγημα.

II money-changer's counter,

ἐν ἀγορᾷ ἐπὶ τῶν τ. Pl.Ap.17c

, cf. Plu.2.70f;

αἱ τ. τῶν κολλυβιστῶν Ev.Matt.21.12

; most freq. bank, Lys 9.5, etc.; ἡ ἐργασία ἡ τῆς τ. the right to operate the bank, D.36.6; ἡ ἐγγύη ἡ ἐπὶ τὴν τ. security given to the bank, Id.33.10;

δοῦναι ἀργύριον ἐπὶ τ. Ev.Luc.19.23

;

τὸ ἐπὶ τὴν τ. χρέως D.33.24

;

οἱ ἐπὶ ταῖς τ.

bankers,

Isoc.17.2

; κατασκευάζεσθαι τράπεζαν set up a bank, Is.Fr.66; τῆς τ. ἀνασκευασθείσης the bank having been broken, D.33.9; δημοσία τ. public bank at Delos, IG22.2336.180 (i B. C.); in Egypt, POxy. 835 (Aug.), etc.; βασιλικὴ τ. in Egypt, PEleph.27.22 (iii B. C.), PTeb.27.70 (ii B. C.), etc.;

χειριστὴς τῆς ἐν τῇ Πολέμωνος μερίδι τ. PEnteux.38.1

(iii B. C.); opp.

ἰδιωτικὴ τ. POxy.305

(i A. D.), etc.; κολλυβιστικαὶ τ. ib.1411.4 (iii A. D.).

III any table or flat surface on which a thing rests: as,

1 cross bench in which the mast is fixed, Sch. Il.15.729; τ. δολωνική, v. δολωνικός.

2 platform on which slaves were exposed for sale, Ar.Fr.874.

3 tablet or slab with a relief or inscription, τ. χαλκῆ Orac. ap. D.21.53, cf. Paus.8.31.3; at a tomb, Plu.2.838c.

4 plinth of a statue, CIG4702.7 (Egypt, iv B. C.).

b lamp-stand, PSI4.428.39 (iii B. C.).

5 nether millstone, BGU251.17 (i A. D.), Poll.7.19.

6 part of a torsion engine, prob. the plinth, Ph.Bel.54.2, HeroBel.100.1.

7 part of the liver, Nic.Th.560, Polyaen.4.20, Ruf.Onom.180.

8 shoulder-blade, Poll.2.177.

9 grinding surface of the teeth, ib.93, Ruf.Onom.54. (The word is shortd. from τετράπεζα; hence the question καὶ πόθεν ἐγὼ τρίπουν τ. λήψομαι; as if this were an absurdity, Ar.Fr.530;

τ. τρισκελεῖς Cratin.301

:—so τρίπεζα, τρέπεδδα (qq. v.), of three-legged tables.)