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ὄψον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὄψον ὄψου

Structure: ὀψ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: e(/yw

Sense

  1. 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.

Examples

  • φράζε δή, Φιλούμενε, ὄψῳ τίνι χαίρεισ; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 57 2:4)
  • καὶ γὰρ ἐτύγχανον σίτῳ μὲν τῷ ἀπὸ τῶν ἰχθύων, τοῖσι δὲ ἄρτοισιν ὅσα ὄψῳ διαχρεόμενοι. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 28 8:2)
  • οἳ μὲν δὴ αὐτῶν ἐρήμουσ τόπουσ οἰκέουσιν ἄδενδρόν τε τὴν χώρην καὶ ἄφορον καρπῶν ἡμέρων ‐ καὶ τούτοισιν ἀπὸ τῶν ἰχθύων ἡ πᾶσα δίαιτα ποιέεται ‐ , ὀλίγοι δὲ αὐτῶν σπείρουσιν ὅσον τῆσ χώρησ, [καὶ τούτῳ κατάπερ ὄψῳ χρέονται πρὸσ τοὺσ ἰχθύασ· (Arrian, Indica, chapter 29 15:1)
  • ὄψῳ πονηρῷ πολυτελῶσ ἠρτυμένῳ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 77 1:6)
  • "ὦ παρόντεσ, ἔφη, τίσ ὑμῶν τῷ μὲν ἄρτῳ ὡσ ὄψῳ χρῆται, τῷ δ’ ὄψῳ ὡσ ἄρτῳ; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 2 4:1)

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