symposiac

English

Etymology

Latin symposiacus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪmˈpəʊziæk/

Adjective

symposiac (comparative more symposiac, superlative most symposiac)

1. Of or pertaining to a symposium
   • 1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 110:

     The ancient custome in Symposiack meetings was to weave chaplets of roses about their heads.

   • 1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies. […], 1st Irish edition, Dublin: […] S. Powell, for George Risk, […], George Ewing, […], and William Smith, […], →OCLC:

     symposiac disputations amongst my acquaintance

Translations

Translations

• Italian: simposiaco

Noun

symposiac (plural symposiacs)

1. A conference or conversation of philosophers at a banquet.
2. (by extension) Any similar gathering.