Post by t-bob on Jun 28, 2019 8:36:40 GMT -5
symposiarch
noun
1. a toastmaster.
Quotes
By election, or by some other means, a symposiarch was selected to preside over the mixing and the toasts. -- James N. Davidson, Courtesans and Fishcakes, 1997 After dinner, the symposiarch, who acted as master of ceremonies, laid down the rules for the evening and established the order of events. -- Michael Norris, Greek Art: From Prehistoric to Classical, 2000
Origin
The uncommon noun symposiarch comes straight from Greek symposíarchos “leader or master of a symposium,” extended in English to "toastmaster." The suffix -arch (and prefix arch-) “chief, leader, ruler” is naturalized in English. Sympósion “drinking party” breaks down to the prefix syn- “with, together with” and -posion, a derivative of pósis “drinking, a drink,” from pínein “to drink.” Symposiarch entered English in the early 17th century
noun
1. a toastmaster.
Quotes
By election, or by some other means, a symposiarch was selected to preside over the mixing and the toasts. -- James N. Davidson, Courtesans and Fishcakes, 1997 After dinner, the symposiarch, who acted as master of ceremonies, laid down the rules for the evening and established the order of events. -- Michael Norris, Greek Art: From Prehistoric to Classical, 2000
Origin
The uncommon noun symposiarch comes straight from Greek symposíarchos “leader or master of a symposium,” extended in English to "toastmaster." The suffix -arch (and prefix arch-) “chief, leader, ruler” is naturalized in English. Sympósion “drinking party” breaks down to the prefix syn- “with, together with” and -posion, a derivative of pósis “drinking, a drink,” from pínein “to drink.” Symposiarch entered English in the early 17th century