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ὀψοφαγία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀψοφαγία

Structure: ὀψοφαγι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from o)yofa/gos

Sense

  1. dainty living

Declension

First declension

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

  • οἰνοφλυγία γὰρ καὶ γαστριμαργία καὶ λαγνεία καὶ ὀψοφαγία καὶ πάντα τὰ τοιαῦτα περὶ τὰσ εἰρημένασ ἐστὶν αἰσθήσεισ, εἰσ ἅπερ μόρια ἡ ἀκολασία διαιρεῖται. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 3 69:2)
  • ’ ὅτι δ’ ἦν ὁ Δωρίων οὗτοσ ἐπὶ ὀψοφαγίᾳ διαβόητοσ φανερὸν ἐξ ὧν λέγει Μνησίμαχοσ ὁ κωμῳδιοποιὸσ ἐν Φιλίππῳ δράματι· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 19 1:6)
  • κωμῳδοῦσι δ’ αὐτὸν ἐπὶ ὀψοφαγίᾳ Λεύκων ἐν Φράτερσιν, Ἀριστοφάνησ ἐν Εἰρήνῃ, Φερεκράτησ ἐν Πετάλῃ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 303)
  • ὅστισ καὶ ὑπὸ Πλάτωνόσ ποτε ὀνειδιζόμενοσ ἐπὶ τῇ ὀψοφαγίᾳ, ὥσ φησι Σωτίων καὶ Ἡγήσανδροσ, γράφει δὲ οὕτωσ ὁ Δελφόσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 306)
  • ’ Ἀντιφάνησ δ’ ἐν Αὐλητρίδι ἢ Διδύμαισ Φοινικίδην τινὰ ἐπ’ ὀψοφαγίᾳ κωμῳδῶν φησιν ὁ μὲν Μενέλαοσ ἐπολέμησ1’ ἔτη δέκα τοῖσ Τρωσὶ διὰ γυναῖκα τὴν ὄψιν καλήν, Φοινικίδησ δὲ Ταυρέᾳ δι’ ἔγχελυν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 30 1:3)
  • ἦν δὲ ὁ Καλλιμέδων καὶ ἐπὶ ὀψοφαγίᾳ διαβόητοσ, μνημονεύει τῆσ μήτρασ καὶ Ἀντιφάνησ ἐν Φιλομήτορι οὕτωσ ἔμμητρον ἂν ᾖ τὸ ξύλον, βλάστην ἔχει· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 57 1:2)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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