symposiumn.

Brit.

/sɪmˈpəʊzɪəm/, U.S.

/sɪmˈpoʊziəm/

Forms: Also 1600s–1800s -ion. Plural symposia (rarely symposiums).

Etymology: < Latin symposium, < Greek συμπόσιον , < συμπότης fellow-drinker (compare συμπίνειν to drink together), < σύν sym- prefix + πότης drinker (compare πότιμος drinkable, ποτόν drink).

a. A drinking-party; a convivial meeting for drinking, conversation, and intellectual entertainment: originally spec. among the ancient Greeks, hence generally.

ΘΚΠ

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

symposiac1603

symposium1711

society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > drinking-party

potationa1500

symposium1711

wine-party1829

shout1854

wine1857

grog-fight1864

punch1871

grog1888

beer drink1895

cocktail party1903

cocktails1922

jollo1934

sherry party1936

shebeen1943

sundowner1944

wine and cheese (party, etc.)1961

kegger1966

sherry morning1976

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 9. ¶11 The rules of a Symposium in an ancient Greek author.

1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 29 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1255 I take it for granted that..your symposion [is] intended more to promote conversation than drinking.

1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry IV. xliv. 18 It appears that the company dined so very late [in 1609], as at half an hour after eleven in the morning; and that it was the fashion to ride to this polite symposium on a Spanish jennet.

1787 J. Hawkins Life Johnson 360 Our symposium at the King's head broke up.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. vi. 113 You are welcome to my symposion.

1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. viii. 270 His symposia attracted a closer observation from the freedom of his conversation.

1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. I. 336 If he [sc. Socrates] went to a symposium, he was likely to stay all night.

b. An account of such a meeting or the conversation at it; spec. the title of one of Plato's dialogues.

ΘΚΠ

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

symposiuma1586

symposiac1603

sympose1621

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. H4^v One..that should bid one read Phædrus, or Symposium in Plato.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 689 Epicurus..in his Symposium or banquet, hath discussed the question.

1776 W. J. Mickle in tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad Introd. p. cxxxv (note) The passage stands in the Symposion of that author [sc. Plato] as follows.

2. transferred.

a. A meeting or conference for discussion of some subject; hence, a collection of opinions delivered, or a series of articles contributed, by a number of persons on some special topic.

ΘΚΠ

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

parliament?a1400

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guestling1629

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comitia1684

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neighbourhood meeting1823

colloquium1861

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indaba1894

press conference1908

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story conference1920

telemeeting1973

poster session1974

START1981

presser1988

1784 (title) Symposia; or, Table Talk in the month of September, 1784, being a rhapsodical hodge-podge.

1869 Ticknor in Hillard Life, etc. (1876) I. i. 12 Alexander and Edward Everett, Edward T. Channing, Nathan Hale, William Powell Mason, and Jacob Bigelow constituted this symposium.

1877 C. W. Shields Final Philos. 57 Foulke Greville seems to have held a symposium for the liberal discussion of the Copernican system.

1882 Glasgow News No. 2607. 2/3 A symposium is commenced in the Clerical World this week on the question ‘Within what limits are “Schools of Thought” desirable in a religious community?’

b. A book consisting of essays on various aspects of a subject contributed by a number of different authors.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > a compilation > [noun] > collection relating to a subject

corpsec1380

symposium1946

1946 Nature 19 Oct. 534/1 Advances in biological sciences in the U.S.S.R. within the recent 25 years, 1917–1942. Symposium. Editor-in-chief: L. A. Orbeli. (In Russian.) Pp. 356.

1969 Listener 15 May 696/1 A symposium on 20th-century music, published in 1960, contained a fulsome and over-extended reference to a then almost unknown French composer.

1972 Daily Tel. 30 Mar. 6 This generously illustrated symposium, by contributors of different denominations, covers a world~wide range of Christian art and architecture.

1979 Nature 1 Mar. 102/1 Symposia are at present, perhaps, an over-popular form of publication: in many of them the thread of supposed common interest which binds the essays together is far too tenuous, and indeed, in the case of some complimentary volumes such as this, completely non-existent.

3. In combinations.

ΚΠ

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) II. 115 Such symposium-loving scholars.

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

单词	symposium
释义	symposiumn. Brit. /sɪmˈpəʊzɪəm/, U.S. /sɪmˈpoʊziəm/ Forms: Also 1600s–1800s -ion. Plural symposia (rarely symposiums). Etymology: < Latin symposium, < Greek συμπόσιον , < συμπότης fellow-drinker (compare συμπίνειν to drink together), < σύν sym- prefix + πότης drinker (compare πότιμος drinkable, ποτόν drink). 1. a. A drinking-party; a convivial meeting for drinking, conversation, and intellectual entertainment: originally spec. among the ancient Greeks, hence generally. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > intellectual > symposium symposiac1603 symposium1711 society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > drinking-party potationa1500 symposium1711 wine-party1829 shout1854 wine1857 grog-fight1864 punch1871 grog1888 beer drink1895 cocktail party1903 cocktails1922 jollo1934 sherry party1936 shebeen1943 sundowner1944 wine and cheese (party, etc.)1961 kegger1966 sherry morning1976 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 9. ¶11 The rules of a Symposium in an ancient Greek author. 1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 29 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1255 I take it for granted that..your symposion [is] intended more to promote conversation than drinking. 1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry IV. xliv. 18 It appears that the company dined so very late [in 1609], as at half an hour after eleven in the morning; and that it was the fashion to ride to this polite symposium on a Spanish jennet. 1787 J. Hawkins Life Johnson 360 Our symposium at the King's head broke up. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. vi. 113 You are welcome to my symposion. 1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. viii. 270 His symposia attracted a closer observation from the freedom of his conversation. 1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. I. 336 If he [sc. Socrates] went to a symposium, he was likely to stay all night. b. An account of such a meeting or the conversation at it; spec. the title of one of Plato's dialogues. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > other non-story prose > [noun] > account of symposium symposiuma1586 symposiac1603 sympose1621 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. H4^v One..that should bid one read Phædrus, or Symposium in Plato. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 689 Epicurus..in his Symposium or banquet, hath discussed the question. 1776 W. J. Mickle in tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad Introd. p. cxxxv (note) The passage stands in the Symposion of that author [sc. Plato] as follows. 2. transferred. a. A meeting or conference for discussion of some subject; hence, a collection of opinions delivered, or a series of articles contributed, by a number of persons on some special topic. ΘΚΠ 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 1784 (title) Symposia; or, Table Talk in the month of September, 1784, being a rhapsodical hodge-podge. 1869 Ticknor in Hillard Life, etc. (1876) I. i. 12 Alexander and Edward Everett, Edward T. Channing, Nathan Hale, William Powell Mason, and Jacob Bigelow constituted this symposium. 1877 C. W. Shields Final Philos. 57 Foulke Greville seems to have held a symposium for the liberal discussion of the Copernican system. 1882 Glasgow News No. 2607. 2/3 A symposium is commenced in the Clerical World this week on the question ‘Within what limits are “Schools of Thought” desirable in a religious community?’ b. A book consisting of essays on various aspects of a subject contributed by a number of different authors. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > a compilation > [noun] > collection relating to a subject corpsec1380 symposium1946 1946 Nature 19 Oct. 534/1 Advances in biological sciences in the U.S.S.R. within the recent 25 years, 1917–1942. Symposium. Editor-in-chief: L. A. Orbeli. (In Russian.) Pp. 356. 1969 Listener 15 May 696/1 A symposium on 20th-century music, published in 1960, contained a fulsome and over-extended reference to a then almost unknown French composer. 1972 Daily Tel. 30 Mar. 6 This generously illustrated symposium, by contributors of different denominations, covers a world~wide range of Christian art and architecture. 1979 Nature 1 Mar. 102/1 Symposia are at present, perhaps, an over-popular form of publication: in many of them the thread of supposed common interest which binds the essays together is far too tenuous, and indeed, in the case of some complimentary volumes such as this, completely non-existent. 3. In combinations. ΚΠ 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) II. 115 Such symposium-loving scholars. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1586
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