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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

  • καὶ δὴ τοίνυν πρῶτα διδάσκω μίαν ὀρνίθων πόλιν εἶναι, κἄπειτα τὸν ἀέρα πάντα κύκλῳ καὶ πᾶν τουτὶ τὸ μεταξὺ περιτειχίζειν μεγάλαισ πλίνθοισ ὀπταῖσ ὥσπερ Βαβυλῶνα. (Aristophanes, Birds, Agon, antepirrheme1)
  • "τὰ δὲ δὴ δένδρη τἀν τοῖσ ὄρεσιν χορδαῖσ ὀπταῖσ ἐριφείοισ φυλλοροήσει καὶ τευθιδίοισ ἁπαλοῖσι κίχλαισ τ’ ἀναβράστοισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 81 1:159)
  • "τὰ δὲ μικρὰ ταυτὶ ποτάμι’ ἐνμεντευθενὶ ῥεῖ τευθίσιν ὀπταῖσ καὶ φάγροισ καὶ καράβοισ, ἐντευθενὶ δ’ ἀλλᾶσι καὶ περικόμμασι, τῃδὶ δ’ ἀφύαισι, τῇδε δ’ αὖ ταγηνίαισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 81 1:166)
  • ἦν δὲ ᾠκοδομημένον πλίνθοισ ὀπταῖσ ἐν ἀσφάλτῳ κειμέναισ, εὖροσ εἴκοσι ποδῶν, ὕψοσ δὲ ἑκατόν· (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 4 14:2)

Synonyms

  1. roasted

  2. baked

  3. scorched

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