symposiacn.adj.

Brit.

/sɪmˈpəʊzɪak/, U.S.

/sɪmˈpoʊziˌæk/

Forms: Also 1500s -ake, 1600s -ach, -acke, -aque, 1600s–1700s -ack.

Etymology: < late Latin symposiacus adjective (Gellius), in neuter plural symposiaca also as noun applied to certain writings of Plutarch (see A. 2 below), or Greek συμποσιακός adjective, < συμπόσιον symposium n.: see -ac suffix.

A. n.

†1. = symposiast n. 1. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > attending or giving party > [noun] > one who attends or gives party > drinking party

symposiac1581

symposiast1656

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxv. 128 Dipnosophistes, symposiakes, antiquaries.

2. A symposiac meeting or conversation, or an account of one; a symposium. Now rare or Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > intellectual > symposium

symposiac1603

symposium1711

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > conferring or consulting > a conference > particular types of

parliament?a1400

diet1471

symposiac1603

by-conference1625

guestling1629

sanhedrim1653

comitia1684

symposium1784

assembly1794

powwow1812

neighbourhood meeting1823

colloquium1861

congress1861

party conference1875

indaba1894

press conference1908

case conference1913

story conference1920

telemeeting1973

poster session1974

START1981

presser1988

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > other non-story prose > [noun] > account of symposium

symposiuma1586

symposiac1603

sympose1621

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 641 (heading) The Symposiaques or Table-questions.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. iv. 81 Plutarch speakes positively in his Symposiacks, that amber attracteth all bodies.

1651 Bp. J. Taylor XXVIII Serm. xiv. 179 That which was fine in discourse at a Symposiack, or an Academical dinner.

1683 J. Dryden Life Plutarch 9 in J. Dryden et al. tr. Plutarch Lives I A Man..of whom Plutarch has made frequent mention in his Symposiaques, or Table Conversations.

1748 J. Geddes Ess. Composition Antients 110 In the Symposiac, or banquet [of Plato], where a variety of characters are brought in.

1792 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 30. 237 Taciturnity was..the best recommendation to the symposiacs of sages, and the lectures of philosophers.

1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 252 At a Symposiac, near London.

1842 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 9 683 Politics and symposiacs go ill together.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or suitable for a symposium; of the nature of a symposium; convivial.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [adjective] > symposium

symposiac1642

symposiastic1669

symposial1775

bluestocking?1783

sympotical1825

symposiacal1826

sympotic1972

1642 R. Cudworth Union Christ & Church 21 He [sc. Plato] therefore in that excellent Symposiack dialogue concerning the nature of Love, brings in Aristophanes discoursing in this manner.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xxi. 266 The ancient custome in Symposiacke meetings, to weare chapletts of Roses about their heads.

1731 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Nature Aliments Pref. A2 In some of those symposiac Disputations amongst my Acquaintance.

1840 G. C. Lewis tr. C. O. Müller Hist. Lit. Greece x. §16. 124 These elegies, like those of Archilochus, Solon, Theognis, &c. were symposiac.

1850 W. Mure Hist. Lang. & Lit. Greece III. 100 The next..order of symposiac performance..resembles our..custom of laying each guest under an obligation to sing his song.

1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 414/1 Symposiac, a term applied to cheerful and convivial compositions for voices, as glees, catches, rounds, &c.

Derivatives

symposiacal adj.

/sɪmpəʊˈzaɪəkəl/ rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [adjective] > symposium

symposiac1642

symposiastic1669

symposial1775

bluestocking?1783

sympotical1825

symposiacal1826

sympotic1972

1826 New Monthly Mag. 16 17 Symposiacal forth~pourings of gratitude.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	symposiac
释义	symposiacn.adj. Brit. /sɪmˈpəʊzɪak/, U.S. /sɪmˈpoʊziˌæk/ Forms: Also 1500s -ake, 1600s -ach, -acke, -aque, 1600s–1700s -ack. Etymology: < late Latin symposiacus adjective (Gellius), in neuter plural symposiaca also as noun applied to certain writings of Plutarch (see A. 2 below), or Greek συμποσιακός adjective, < συμπόσιον symposium n.: see -ac suffix. A. n. †1. = symposiast n. 1. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > attending or giving party > [noun] > one who attends or gives party > drinking party symposiac1581 symposiast1656 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxv. 128 Dipnosophistes, symposiakes, antiquaries. 2. A symposiac meeting or conversation, or an account of one; a symposium. Now rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > intellectual > symposium symposiac1603 symposium1711 the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > conferring or consulting > a conference > particular types of parliament?a1400 diet1471 symposiac1603 by-conference1625 guestling1629 sanhedrim1653 comitia1684 symposium1784 assembly1794 powwow1812 neighbourhood meeting1823 colloquium1861 congress1861 party conference1875 indaba1894 press conference1908 case conference1913 story conference1920 telemeeting1973 poster session1974 START1981 presser1988 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > other non-story prose > [noun] > account of symposium symposiuma1586 symposiac1603 sympose1621 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 641 (heading) The Symposiaques or Table-questions. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. iv. 81 Plutarch speakes positively in his Symposiacks, that amber attracteth all bodies. View more context for this quotation 1651 Bp. J. Taylor XXVIII Serm. xiv. 179 That which was fine in discourse at a Symposiack, or an Academical dinner. 1683 J. Dryden Life Plutarch 9 in J. Dryden et al. tr. Plutarch Lives I A Man..of whom Plutarch has made frequent mention in his Symposiaques, or Table Conversations. 1748 J. Geddes Ess. Composition Antients 110 In the Symposiac, or banquet [of Plato], where a variety of characters are brought in. 1792 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 30. 237 Taciturnity was..the best recommendation to the symposiacs of sages, and the lectures of philosophers. 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 252 At a Symposiac, near London. 1842 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 9 683 Politics and symposiacs go ill together. B. adj. Of, relating to, or suitable for a symposium; of the nature of a symposium; convivial. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [adjective] > symposium symposiac1642 symposiastic1669 symposial1775 bluestocking?1783 sympotical1825 symposiacal1826 sympotic1972 1642 R. Cudworth Union Christ & Church 21 He [sc. Plato] therefore in that excellent Symposiack dialogue concerning the nature of Love, brings in Aristophanes discoursing in this manner. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xxi. 266 The ancient custome in Symposiacke meetings, to weare chapletts of Roses about their heads. View more context for this quotation 1731 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Nature Aliments Pref. A2 In some of those symposiac Disputations amongst my Acquaintance. 1840 G. C. Lewis tr. C. O. Müller Hist. Lit. Greece x. §16. 124 These elegies, like those of Archilochus, Solon, Theognis, &c. were symposiac. 1850 W. Mure Hist. Lang. & Lit. Greece III. 100 The next..order of symposiac performance..resembles our..custom of laying each guest under an obligation to sing his song. 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 414/1 Symposiac, a term applied to cheerful and convivial compositions for voices, as glees, catches, rounds, &c. Derivatives symposiacal adj. /sɪmpəʊˈzaɪəkəl/ rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [adjective] > symposium symposiac1642 symposiastic1669 symposial1775 bluestocking?1783 sympotical1825 symposiacal1826 sympotic1972 1826 New Monthly Mag. 16 17 Symposiacal forth~pourings of gratitude. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1581
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