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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

  • νὴ Δί’ ἐγὼ γοῦν ἀτεχνῶσ ἔπαθον τουτί ποτε Διασίοισιν ὀπτῶν γαστέρα τοῖσ συγγενέσιν, κᾆτ’ οὐκ ἔσχων ἀμελήσασ· (Aristophanes, Clouds, Choral, anapests 1:15)
  • δαιτρὸσ δὲ κρειῶν πίνακασ παρέθηκεν ἀείρασ, καὶ τούτων ὀπτῶν καὶ ὡσ ἐπὶ τὸ πολὺ βοείων· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 15 1:2)
  • καὶ ὁ τὰ κρέα ὀπτῶν δαιτρόσ, ἐπεὶ ἴσην ἑκάστῳ μοῖραν ἐδίδου. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 21 2:3)
  • οἳ δὲ τὸ μὲν ἀπὸ τῶν ἰχθύων τῶν ὀπτῶν ἀληλεσμένον ἄλευρον πολλὸν ἐδείκνυν, πυροὺσ δὲ καὶ κριθὰσ ὀλίγασ· (Arrian, Indica, chapter 28 8:1)
  • καὶ Ἄλεξισ ἐν Θεοφορήτῳ λαλῶ Πτολεμαίῳ γογγυλίδοσ ὀπτῶν τόμουσ, ἡ δὲ ταριχευομένη. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 8 4:2)

Synonyms

  1. roasted

  2. baked

  3. scorched

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