Lopadot...terygon

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Lopadot...terygon, variously spelled, is a fictional dish mentioned in Aristophanes' comedy Ecclesiazusae.

In its complete form the word is:

Lopado­temacho­selacho­galeo­kranio­leipsano­drim­hypotrimmato­silphio­-

paraomelito­katakechymeno­kichl­epi­kossypho­phatto­perister­alektryon­-

opte­kephallio­kinklo­peleio­lagoio­siraio­baphe­tragano­pterygon

The original Greek spelling had about 170 characters (something which is not obvious in the Roman transcription, depending on the variant) and for centuries it was the longest word known.

The dish consisted of about 20 ingredients:

• Fish Slice
• Ray Fish
• Dogfish
• Laserwort
• A kind of crab, beetle, or crayfish
• Eagle
• Cheese
• Honey
• Wrasse (or "thrush")
• Blackbird
• Wood pigeon
• Domestic pigeon
• Chicken
• Roasted head of dabchick
• Pigeon
• Hare
• Wine
• Dipping
• Dessert fruit
• Wing, fin of a bird