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ἄριστον

Etym. α^ in Epic, α in attic

"the morning meal, breakfast", taken at sunrise, Hom., Hdt.; ἄριστα, δεῖπνα, δόρπα θ᾽ αἱρεῖσθαι τρίτον Aesch.:—later, ἄριστον was the mid-day meal, Roman "prandium", Thuc.

Etym. Perh. akin to ἦρι, "early."