Meaning of sympotical | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of sympotic.

rare

Examples

“The most ungrateful material becomes pliable under his [Socrates’s] touch; and the light sympotical mode with which he treats the most difficult points of philosophy and knowledge, rivets the attention of all about him, without a possibility of ennui.”

“The sympotical form is still quite distinctive of British culture, from pubs to clubs. Drink still lubricates politics and business and pleasure for Britons as well as Greeks.”

“The location of the poem among the drinking rather than the satiric epigrams offers a further clue. This suggests that Agathias regarded the epigram as more sympotical than satiric.”

“Remnants from one of his collections of satirical and sympotical songs in alphabetical order can be found in the Anthologia Palatina (mostly in bk. 11).”

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