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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

Examples

  • νῦν δὲ ἐκ πλίνθου ὀπτῆσ πεποίηται καὶ αὐτὸ καὶ οἱ πύργοι· (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 9 6:2)
  • πουλύποδοσ πλεκτὴ δ’ , ἂν πιλήσῃσ κατὰ καιρόν, ἑφθὴ τῆσ ὀπτῆσ, ἢν ᾖ μείζων, πολὺ κρείττων· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 8 3:2)
  • ἀποδεῖξαι, αὐτὸσ δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐκ τοῦ πολέμου λαφύρων τό τε Βήλου ἱερὸν καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ κοσμήσασ φιλοτίμωσ τήν τε ὑπάρχουσαν ἐξ ἀρχῆσ πόλιν καὶ ἑτέραν ἔξωθεν προσχαρισάμενοσ καὶ ἀναγκάσασ πρὸσ τὸ μηκέτι δύνασθαι τοὺσ πολιορκοῦντασ τὸν ποταμὸν ἀναστρέφοντασ ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν κατασκευάζειν, περιεβάλετο τρεῖσ μὲν τῆσ ἔνδον πόλεωσ περιβόλουσ, τρεῖσ δὲ τῆσ ἔξω, τούτων δὲ τοὺσ μὲν ἐξ ὀπτῆσ πλίνθου καὶ ἀσφάλτου, τοὺσ δὲ ἐξ αὐτῆσ τῆσ πλίνθου. (Flavius Josephus, Contra Apionem, 158:1)
  • ἐπὶ τούτου τὰ περὶ τὸν ποταμὸν τείχη τῆσ Βαβυλωνίων πόλεωσ ἐξ ὀπτῆσ πλίνθου καὶ ἀσφάλτου κατεκοσμήθη. (Flavius Josephus, Contra Apionem, 169:2)
  • ἐρυθρότερον καρῖδοσ ὀπτῆσ σ1’ ἀποφανῶ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 66 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. roasted

  2. baked

  3. scorched

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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