Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphiokarabomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon

The Lopado­temacho­selacho­galeo­kranio­leipsano­drim­hypo­trimmato­silphio­karabo­melito­katakechy­meno­kichl­epi­kossypho­phatto­perister­alektryon­opte­kephallio­kigklo­peleio­lagoio­siraio­baphe­tragano­pterygon (in Ancient Greek: λοπαδο­τεμαχο­σελαχο­γαλεο­κρανιο­λειψανο­δριμυ­ποτριμματο­σιλφιο­καραβο­μελιτο­κατακεχυμενο­κιχλε­πικοσσυφο­φαττο­περιστερα­λεκτρυο­νοπτο­κεφαλλιο­κιγκλο­πελειο­λαγοιο­σιραιο­βαφητραγανοπτερύγων) is a fictitious dish created by Aristophanes.

With a total of 171 letters in its original Greek spelling, this is the longest single word in the Greek language.

Description

The ingredients for this dish are:

• fish slices
• shark or ray slices
• rotted dogfish or a shark's head
• crab, shrimp, or crayfish
• honey
• wrasse or thrush
• blackbird
• wood and domestic pigeon
• rooster
• roasted head of dabchick
• hare
• must