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ὀπτός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀπτός

Structure: ὀπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. roasted, broiled, boiled
  2. baked
  3. generally prepared by fire: forged, tempered
  4. scorched

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ὀπτός ὀπτή ό̓πτον
Genitive ὀπτοῦ ὀπτῆς ό̓πτου
Dative ὀπτῷ ὀπτῇ ό̓πτῳ
Accusative ὀπτόν ὀπτήν ό̓πτον
Vocative ὀπτέ ὀπτή ό̓πτον
DualN/A/V ὀπτώ ὀπτᾱ́ ό̓πτω
G/D ὀπτοῖν ὀπταῖν ό̓πτοιν
PluralNominative ὀπτοί ὀπταί ό̓πτα
Genitive ὀπτῶν ὀπτῶν ό̓πτων
Dative ὀπτοῖς ὀπταῖς ό̓πτοις
Accusative ὀπτούς ὀπτᾱ́ς ό̓πτα
Vocative ὀπτοί ὀπταί ό̓πτα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ὀπτός ὀπτοῦ ὀπτότερος ὀπτοτεροῦ ὀπτότατος ὀπτοτατοῦ
Adverb ό̓πτως ὀπτότερον ὀπτότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἆρά που ὀπτὴν κατεσθίουσι πόλιν Ἀχαικήν; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 12 1:5)
  • ἐσθίουσι δ’ αὐτὴν καὶ ἑφθὴν καὶ ὠμὴν καὶ ὀπτήν, καὶ οἱ περὶ τὰ ἕλη τούτῳ σίτῳ χρῶνται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 2 1:8)
  • ἢ Σικελικῶσ ὀπτὴν ποιήσω; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 26 3:6)
  • ἀτὰρ καὶ τὰ πρόσωπα τῇ γῇ τῇ Σαμίῃ, τῇ κρησέρῃ σεσησμένῃ ἐσ ὀθόνην ἀραιὴν ἐνδήσαν τα, καταπάσσειν, ὡσ διασήθηται ἐσ τὰ μέτωπα καὶ τὰ μῆλα ἡ ἄχνη· καὶ τίτανον ἐσβεσμένην , καὶ γύψον ὀπτὴν, σησθέντα ἐν κρησέρῃ μικρῇ, ἐμβάλλειν ἐπὶ τοῖσι ἰκμαλέοισι · ἔστησέτε κοτὲ ἱδρῶτασ καὶ σπογγίη ψυχροῦ ἐσ τὰ πρόσωπα προσβληθεῖσα, πήξι μὲν τῶν διαρρεόντων ὑγρῶν, πυκνότητι δὲ τῆσ ἀραιώσιοσ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 175)
  • οἶμαι γὰρ δὴ καὶ τοῦτό σ’ ἔτι γιγνώσκειν, ὅτι εἰ μέλλει ἀγαθὴ ἡ νεὸσ ἔσεσθαι, ὕλησ τε καθαρὰν αὐτὴν εἶναι δεῖ καὶ ὀπτὴν ὅτι μάλιστα πρὸσ τὸν ἥλιον. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 16 14:1)

Synonyms

  1. roasted

  2. baked

  3. scorched

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