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.
- ὥσπερ οὖν εἰκόσ, ἰδίειν τε ἀνάγκη ὑπ’ ἀπορίασ καὶ μήτε διψῶντα πιεῖν αἰτεῖν τολμᾶν, μὴ δόξῃσ οἰνόφλυξ τισ εἶναι, μήτε τῶν ὄψων παρατεθέντων ποικίλων καὶ πρόσ τινα τάξιν ἐσκευασμένων εἰδέναι ἐφ’ ὅ τι πρῶτον ἢ δεύτερον τὴν χεῖρα ἐνέγκῃσ· (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 15:5)
- οὐ γὰρ ὅσιον ἐπὶ τὴν αὐτὴν ἑστίαν τοὺσ ταῦτα διατιθέντασ καλεῖν καὶ φιλοτησίασ προπίνειν καὶ ὄψων τῶν αὐτῶν ἅπτεσθαι. (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 28:2)
- ἐν τούτῳ δὲ ὁ Κλεόδημοσ ἐπικύψασ ἐσ τὸν Ιὤνα, Ὁρᾷσ, ἔφη, τὸν γέροντα ‐ Ζηνόθεμιν λέγων, ἐπήκουον γάρ ‐ ὅπωσ ἐμφορεῖται τῶν ὄψων καὶ ἀναπέπλησται ζωμοῦ τὸ ἱμάτιον καὶ ὅσα τῷ παιδὶ κατόπιν ἑστῶτι ὀρέγει λανθάνειν οἰόμενοσ τοὺσ ἄλλουσ, οὐ μεμνημένοσ τῶν μεθ’ αὑτόν; (Lucian, Symposium, (no name) 11:4)
- καὶ μὴν καὶ δειπνίζειν ἕκαστον ἄρτι μὲν τέτταρασ, ἄρτι δὲ πέντε τῶν πενήτων παραλαμβάνοντασ, μὴ μέντοι ἐσ τὸν νῦν τρόπον τῶν δείπνων, ἀλλ̓ ἐσ τὸ δημοτικώτερον, ὡσ ἐπ̓ ἴσησ μετέχειν ἅπαντασ καὶ μὴ τὸν μὲν ἐμφορεῖσθαι τῶν ὄψων καὶ τὸν οἰκέτην περιμένειν ἑστῶτα, ἔστ̓ ἂν ἀπαγορεύσῃ ἐσθίων, ἐφ̓ ἡμᾶσ δὲ ἐλθόντα, ἔτι παρασκευαζομένων ὡσ ἐπιβάλοιμεν τὴν χεῖρα, παραμείβεσθαι δείξαντα μόνον τὴν λοπάδα ἢ ὅσον ἐστὶ τοῦ πλακοῦντοσ τὸ λοιπόν· (Lucian, Saturnalia, letter 1 4:1)
- σκέψαι γὰρ ὦ μειράκιον ἐν τῷ σωφρονεῖν ἅπαντα ἅνεστιν, ἡδονῶν θ’ ὅσων μέλλεισ ἀποστερεῖσθαι, παίδων γυναικῶν κοττάβων ὄψων πότων κιχλισμῶν. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Agon, antepirrheme 1:6)
