ὄψον
Second declension Noun; Neuter
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ὄψον
ὄψου
Structure:
ὀψ
(Stem)
+
ον
(Ending)
Sense
- delicacies, considered an integral component of an Ancient Greek meal; anything cooked/boiled and eaten with bread or sauce or with or as relish
Declension
Second 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.
- καὶ ἐθεασάμην ὄψα πολλὰ καὶ εἶπα τῷ υἱῷ μου. βάδισον καὶ ἄγαγε ὃν ἂν εὕρῃσ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν ἐνδεῆ, ὃσ μέμνηται τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ ἰδοὺ μένω σε. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 2:2)
- καὶ ἔθυσαν κριὸν προβάτων καὶ παρέθηκαν ὄψα πλείονα. εἶπε δὲ Τωβίασ τῷ Ραφαήλ. Ἀζαρία ἀδελφέ, λάλησον ὑπὲρ ὧν ἔλεγεσ ἐν τῇ πορείᾳ, καὶ τελεσθήτω τὸ πρᾶγμα. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 7:9)
- καὶ γὰρ αἱ αἶγεσ αὐτῇ ἀμέλγονται, καὶ ἡ μέλιττα οὐχ ἥκιστα, μυίαισ καὶ ἀνθρώποισ ἐργάζεται, καὶ οἱ ὀψοποιοὶ ταύτῃ τὰ ὄψα ἡδύνουσι, καὶ βασιλέων αὐτῶν προγεύεται καὶ ταῖσ τραπέζαισ ἐμπεριπατοῦσα συνεστιᾶται αὐτοῖσ καὶ συναπολαύει πάντων. (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 8:2)
- ὅτι πᾶσα ἀνάγκη τὸν ἀναλίσκοντα τὰ ἑαυτοῦ πολλαῖσ περιπίπτειν ἀηδίαισ, τοῦτο μὲν τῷ μαγείρῳ κακῶσ σκευάσαντι τὸ ὄψον μαχόμενον ἢ εἰ μὴ μάχοιτο φαῦλα παρὰ τοῦτο ἐσθίοντα τὰ ὄψα καὶ τοῦ ἡδέοσ ὑστεροῦντα,^ τοῦτο δὲ τῷ οἰκονομοῦντι τὰ κατὰ τὴν οἰκίαν, εἰ μὴ καλῶσ οἰκονομοίη, μαχόμενον. (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 12:18)
- εἶτα δεῖπνα ἐπὶ χρυσοῦ ‐ εὐτελὴσ γὰρ ὁ ἄργυροσ καὶ οὐ κατ̓ ἐμέ ‐ τάριχοσ μὲν ἐξ Ἰβηρίασ, οἶνοσ δὲ ἐξ Ἰταλίασ, ἔλαιον δὲ ἐξ Ἰβηρίασ καὶ τοῦτο, μέλι δὲ ἡμέτερον τὸ ἄπυρον, καὶ ὄψα πανταχόθεν καὶ σύεσ καὶ λαγώσ, καὶ ὅσα πτηνά, ὄρνισ ἐκ Φάσιδοσ καὶ ταὼσ ἐξ Ἰνδίασ καὶ ἀλεκτρυὼν ὁ Νομαδικόσ· (Lucian, 40:1)
