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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

  • "ὑπόσφαγμα δ’ εἶναι κρέασιν ὀπτοῖσ ἐκ τοῦ αἵματοσ τεταραγμένου μέλιτι, τυρῷ, ἁλί, κυμίνῳ, σιλφίῳ, ὄξει ἑφθὸν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 124 1:4)
  • οἶσθα γὰρ ὅτι ἐπὶ στρατιᾶσ ἐν ταῖσ τῶν ἡρώων ἑστιάσεσιν οὔτε ἰχθύσιν αὐτοὺσ ἑστιᾷ, καὶ ταῦτα ἐπὶ θαλάττῃ ἐν Ἑλλησπόντῳ ὄντασ, οὔτε ἑφθοῖσ κρέασιν ἀλλὰ μόνον ὀπτοῖσ, ἃ δὴ μάλιστ’ ἂν εἰή στρατιώταισ εὔπορα· (Plato, Republic, book 3 383:2)

Synonyms

  1. roasted

  2. baked

  3. scorched

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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