- ἄριστον
- ἄριστον, ου, τό (s. ἀριστάω) in early Gk. meal eaten early in the day (later called ἀκράτισμα, from the custom of dipping bread in wine), then the noon meal.① breakfast (so Hom. et al.; GDI 5495, 45 [Ionic]; POxy 519, 17; 736, 28; PTebt 116, 36; Sus 13 Theod., cp. 12 LXX) Lk 14:12 differentiated fr. δεῖπνον (as Polyaenus 4, 3, 32 ἄριστον κ. δεῖπνον; Jos., Ant. 8, 356).② noon meal (Thu. 4, 90, 3; 7, 81, 1; Athen. 1, 9, 10, 11b δεῖπνον μεσημβρινόν, cp. 2 Km 24:15; Tob 2:1; JosAs 3:3; Demetr.: 722 Fgm. 1, 14 Jac.; Jos., Ant. 5, 190) Mt 22:4 and meal gener. (PTebt 120, 82 [I B.C.]; Tob 12:13; Bel 34; 37; ViHab 7 [p. 86, 10 Sch.]; Jos., Ant. 2, 2) Lk 11:38; 14:15 v.l.—In both mngs. loanw. in rabb.—B. 354. DELG. M-M.
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