θοινάω

θοιν-άω,

A feast on, eat, δελφῖνες ἐθοίνων ἰχθῦς dub.l. in Hes.Sc.212.

2 [voice] Pass., to be feasted upon, i.e. sacrificed,

ὗς τέλεος θοινῆται IG12(1).905

([place name] Rhodes).

II feast, entertain,

φίλους E.Ion982

; τὸ δεῖπνον, τό μιν ἐκεῖνος σαρξὶ τοῦ παιδὸς ἐθοίνησε (v.l. -ισε) the feast, which he gave him upon his son's flesh, Hdt.1.129.

2 more freq. in [voice] Med. and [voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

-άσομαι E.El.836

, Cyc.550, -ήσομαι ([etym.] ἐκ-) A.Pr.1025 codd.: [tense] aor. 1 ἐθοινήθην (v. infr.): [tense] aor. 1 [voice] Med.

-ησάμην Nonn.D.5.331

, AP9.244 (Apollonid.): [tense] pf.

τεθοίνᾱμαι E.Cyc.377

(prob.).

a abs., to be feasted, feast, banquet, once in Hom., ἐς δ' αὐτοὺς προτέρω ἄγε θοινηθῆναι lead them in to feast, Od.4.36;

παρὰ κλαίουσι θοινᾶσθαι E.Alc.542

:

θ. καλῶς Cratin.164

.

b c. acc., feast on,

μῶν τεθοίναται ἑταίρους; E.Cyc.377

; σὲ ὕστερον θοινάσομαι ib.550;

θ. τὰ ζῷα Porph.Abst.2.2

: c. acc. cogn.,

θ. παστήρια E.El.836

: c. gen.,

ἅλις λεόντων ἐστί μοι θοινωμένῳ Id.Cyc.248

;

θοινήσατο θήρης AP9.244

(Apollonid.); of an eating sore,

σάρκα θοινᾶται ποδός E.Fr.792

, cf. Arist.Po.1458b24: