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• SYMPOSIUM (Gr. avyr6cnov, a drinking party, from avµirivecv, to drink together, abv, with, and 7rivecv, to drink, root 7ro, cf. Lat. potare, to drink, poculum, cup)

SYMPOSIUM (Gr. avyr6cnov, a drinking party, from avµirivecv, to drink together, abv, with, and 7rivecv, to drink, See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root 7ro, cf. See also:

• LAT

Lat. potare, to drink, poculum, See also:

• CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

cup)  , the convivial drinking which took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place after a See also:

• GREAT

great banquet, accompanied by intellectual or witty conversation, and by See also:

• MUSIC

music or dancing performed by slaves or attendants . The See also:

• TERM

term has been applied in See also:

• MODERN

modern usage, due to See also:

• PLATO

Plato's See also:

• SYMPOSIUM (Gr. avyr6cnov, a drinking party, from avµirivecv, to drink together, abv, with, and 7rivecv, to drink, root 7ro, cf. Lat. potare, to drink, poculum, cup)

Symposium, to a collection of opinions of different writers on a given subject .