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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

  • "μῦμα δὲ παντὸσ ἱερείου, καὶ ὄρνιθοσ δὲ χρὴ ποιεῖν τὰ ἁπαλὰ τῶν κρεῶν μικρὰ συντεμόντα καὶ τὰ σπλάγχνα καὶ τὸ ἔντερον καὶ τὸ αἷμα διαθρύψαντα καὶ ἀρτύσαντα ὄξει, τυρῷ ὀπτῷ, σιλφίῳ, κυμίνῳ, θύμῳ χλωρῷ καὶ ξηρῷ, θύμβρᾳ, κοριάννῳ χλωρῷ τε καὶ ξηρῷ, καὶ γητείῳ καὶ κρομμύῳ καθαρῷ πεφωσμένῳ ἢ μήκωνι καὶ σταφίδι ἢ μέλιτι καὶ ῥόασ ὀξείασ κόκκοισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 823)
  • ἄξια πάσχεισ ὧν ἔδρασ, ὀπτῷ καιομένη μέλιτι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 132a 1:5)
  • Πρὸσ δὲ τὰσ νόμασ‧ στυπτηρίὴ, ἥ τε αἰγυπτίη ὀπτὴ, καὶ ἡ μηλείη, πρότερον δὲ ἀπονιτρῶσαι ὀπτῷ καὶ ἀνασπογγίσαι. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 18.1)
  • βούλεσθε δῆτ’ ἐγὼ τέωσ ὀπτῶ τὰ κρέα ταυτὶ μένων; (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, strophe 1 3:37)
  • ἤρατο μὰν καὶ τῆνοσ, ἐμὶν δοκεῖ, ὀπτῶ ἀλεύρω. (Theocritus, Idylls, 10)

Synonyms

  1. roasted

  2. baked

  3. scorched

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