symposIac, symposiack

& s. [Fr. symposia que, from Lat. symposiac us; Gr. symposi akos of or pertaining to a symposium (q. v.).J A. As adjective : 1. Ord. Lang.: Pertaining to symposia, merrymaking, or revels; happening where company is drinking together. "From the ancient custom of symposiack meetings to wear cheap chaplets of roses about their heads." -Browne: Vulgar Errors , bk. v., ch. xxi. 2. Music : A term applied to cheerful and convivial compositions for voices, as glees, catches, rounds, . *B. As subst.: A conference or conversation of philosophers at a banquet. *sym-pōş-I-arch, s. [Gr. symposiarchēs , from symposion =a symposium (q. v.), and archō =to rule.] Gr. Antiq.: The president, chairman, or director of a feast. *sym-pōş-I-ăst, s. [Gr. symposiastēs .] [SYMPOSIUM.] One who joins in a symposium or merrymaking. sym-pōş'-1-ŭm, *sym-põş-1-on ( pl . sym-pōş'1-a), s. [Latin, from Greek symposion =a drinking party, a banquet; sum , for syn =with, together, and base po- , seen in pos is a drinking; pino =to drink, pa. t. pepōka , aor. epothen .] †1. A drinking together; a revel, a merry-making, a banquet. 2. A magazine article, or compilation in book form of short e ays on some serious topic, in which sev eral contributors expre their views in succe ion, like the speakers in Plato's Banquet.