Lopado­temacho­selacho­galeo­kranio­leipsano­drim­hypo­trimmato­silphio­parao­melito­katakechy­meno­kichl­epi­kossypho­phatto­perister­alektryon­opte­kephallio­kigklo­peleio­lagoio­siraio­baphe­tragano­pterygon

Lopado­temacho­selacho­galeo­kranio­leipsaneilsmellsno­drim­hypo­trimmato­silphio­parao­melito­ypho­phatto­perister­alektryon­opte­kephallio­kigklo­peleio­lagoio­siraio­baphe­tragano­pterygon is a fictional dish mentioned in Aristophanes' comedy Assemblywomen.

It is a transliteration of the Ancient Greek word λοπαδο­τεμαχο­σελαχο­γαλεο­κρανιο­λειψανο­δριμ­υπο­τριμματο­σιλφιο­καραβο­μελιτο­κατακεχυ­μενο­κιχλ­επι­κοσσυφο­φαττο­περιστερ­αλεκτρυον­οπτο­κεφαλλιο­κιγκλο­πελειο­λαγῳο­σιραιο­βαφη­τραγανο­πτερύγων in the Greek alphabet (1169–74). Liddell & Scott translate this as "name of a dish compounded of all kinds of dainties, fish, flesh, fowl, and sauces."

The original Greek spelling had 171 characters (something which is not obvious in the Roman transcription, depending on the variant) and for centuries it was the longest word known and it is the longest word ever to appear in literature.

The dish was a fricassée, with at least 16 sweet and sour ingredients, including the following:

• Fish slices
• Fish of the Elasmobranchii subclass (a shark or ray)
• Rotted dogfish or small shark's head
• Generally sharp-tasting dish of several ingredients grated and pounded together
• Silphion "laserwort," apparently a kind of giant fennel
• A kind of crab, shrimp, or crayfish
• Honey poured down
• Wrasse (or thrush)
• Was topped with a kind of sea fish or Blackbird
• Wood pigeon
• Domestic pigeon
• Chicken
• Roasted head of dabchick
• Hare, which could be a kind of bird or a kind of sea hare
• New wine boiled down
• Wing and/or fin

Context

The term is used in the ultimate chorus of the play, when Blepyrus (and the audience) are summoned to the first feast laid on by the new system.

See also

• Longest word in English and the biggest

References

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