Lopado­temacho­selacho­galeo­kranio­leipsano­drim­hypo­trimmato­silphio­karabo­melito­katakechy­meno­kichl­epi­kossypho­phatto­perister­alektryon­opte­kephallio­kigklo­peleio­lagoio­siraio­baphe­tragano­pterygon

Fictional dish

Lopado­temacho­selacho­galeo­kranio­leipsano­drim­hypo­trimmato­silphio­karabo­melito­katakechy­meno­kichl­epi­kossypho­phatto­perister­alektryon­opte­kephallio­kigklo­peleio­lagoio­siraio­baphe­tragano­pterygon

Summary

Lopado­temacho­selacho­galeo­kranio­leipsano­drim­hypo­trimmato­silphio­karabo­melito­katakechy­meno­kichl­epi­kossypho­phatto­perister­alektryon­opto­kephallio­kigklo­peleio­lagoio­siraio­baphe­tragano­pterygon is a fictional dish originating from Aristophanes' 391 BC comedy Assemblywomen, deriving from a transliteration of the Ancient Greek word λοπαδο­τεμαχο­σελαχο­γαλεο­κρανιο­λειψανο­δριμ­υπο­τριμματο­σιλφιο­καραβο­μελιτο­κατακεχυ­μενο­κιχλ­επι­κοσσυφο­φαττο­περιστερ­αλεκτρυον­οπτο­κεφαλλιο­κιγκλο­πελειο­λαγῳο­σιραιο­βαφη­τραγανο­πτερύγων. In A Greek–English Lexicon, it is defined as the "name of a dish compounded of all kinds of dainties, fish, flesh, fowl, and sauces".

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JJMC89 bot III4/18/2026, 9:18:51 PM

Moving [[:Category:Fictional food and drink]] to [[:Category:Fictional foods and drinks]] per [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy]]

CarloButi19023/8/2026, 6:32:05 PM

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/* Description */ potentially confused w ray-finned fishes

NextGenStudent2/17/2026, 10:34:25 AM

Edited citation.

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Kamenûk12/31/2025, 11:39:32 AM

Made it one template

Kamenûk12/29/2025, 12:54:06 AM

Some more links

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Kamenûk12/29/2025, 12:51:49 AM

Added some links and italicized [[A Greek–English Lexicon|the book]]'s definition for the term

Kamenûk12/28/2025, 5:58:01 PM

That word should probably be italicized

Theknightwho12/16/2025, 1:08:33 AM

Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1327669568|1327669568]] by [[Special:Contributions/~2025-40845-86|~2025-40845-86]] ([[User talk:~2025-40845-86|talk]])

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SimLibrarian8/20/2025, 5:39:43 PM

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Pppery7/10/2025, 11:21:14 PM

Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1294948126|1294948126]] by [[Special:Contributions/Psychastes|Psychastes]] ([[User talk:Psychastes|talk]]) This is notable because of the long word used to describe it

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