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It is a transliteration of the Ancient Greek word λοπαδοτεμαχοσελαχογαλεοκρανιολειψανοδριμυποτριμματοσιλφιοκαραβομελιτοκατακεχυμενοκιχλεπικοσσυφοφαττοπεριστεραλεκτρυονοπτοκεφαλλιοκιγκλοπελειολαγῳοσιραιοβαφητραγανοπτερύγων in the Greek alphabet (1169-74). Liddell and 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.
The dish was a fricassee, with 17 sweet and sour ingredients, including brains, honey, vinegar, fish, pickles, and 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, beetle, or crayfish
Eagle
Cheese
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
Dessert, fruit, or other raw food
Wing and/or fin
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