to dine
deipneo is used of eating a meal, including a host's meal and dining with another person.
The attested use concerns eating a meal: the finite forms describe a host's intended meal and dining with another person, while the infinitives occur in clauses the APB renders as taking place “after supper.”
Senses in use
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Eating a meal · dominant
In Luke 17:8, δειπνήσω is a first-person aorist active subjunctive in the master's instruction about what he “shall dine” before the servant eats; in Revelation 3:20, the future form describes dining “with him.” The aorist active infinitive δειπνῆσαι occurs in 1 Corinthians 11:25 and Luke 22:20 in clauses the APB renders “after supper,” placing the action in a meal context.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “dine” for the finite forms in Luke 17:8 and Revelation 3:20, and “after supper” in 1 Corinthians 11:25 and Luke 22:20. Those renderings indicate the meal setting rather than a separate lexical distinction.