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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

  • καὶ τὰ ἄλφιτα οὐκέτ’ ὀλίγα οὐδὲ ὡσ πρὸ τοῦ μᾶζα ψιλή, τὸ δὲ ὄψον οὐ τάριχοσ ἢ θύμον, ἀλλὰ κρέα παντοδαπὰ καὶ οἶνοσ οἱο͂σ ἥδιστοσ, καὶ χρυσίον παρ’ ὅτου ἂν ἐθέλωσι· (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 14:4)
  • 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)
  • καὶ εἰσ τοῦτο ἦλθεν ἀναισχυντίασ, ὥστε οὐκ ἔχων, ὅποι τρέψειε τὰ χρήματα, εἰσ ὄψον μὲν δυοῖν παιδίοιν καὶ ἀδελφῇ πέντε ὀβολοὺσ τῆσ ἡμέρασ ἐλογίζετο, εἰσ ὑποδήματα δὲ καὶ εἰσ γναφεῖον καὶ εἰσ ἱμάτια καὶ εἰσ κουρέωσ κατὰ μῆνα οὐκ ἦν αὐτῷ οὐδὲ κατ’ ἐνιαυτὸν γεγραμμένα, συλλήβδην δὲ παντὸσ τοῦ χρόνου πλεῖον ἢ τάλαντον ἀργυρίου. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 27 1:1)
  • ^ τὸν σοφιστὴν λέγεισ, τὸν ἀλαζόνα, ὃσ ἐνομοθέτει μήτε κρεῶν γεύεσθαι μήτε κυάμουσ ἐσθίειν, ἥδιστον ἐμοὶ γοῦν ὄψον ἐκτράπεζον ἀποφαίνων, ἔτι δὲ πείθων τοὺσ ἀνθρώπουσ ὡσ πρὸ τοῦ Πυθαγόρου Εὔφορβοσ γένοιτο; (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 4:5)
  • πολυτελὲσ ὄψον ὠνουμένουσ καὶ τὸν οἶνον ἐν τοῖσ συμποσίοισ μετὰ κρόκων τε καὶ ἀρομάτων ἐκχέοντασ, τοὺσ μέσου χειμῶνοσ ἐμπιπλαμένουσ ῥόδων καὶ τὸ σπάνιον αὐτῶν καὶ παρὰ καιρὸν ἀγαπῶντοσ, τῶν δ’ ἐν καιρῷ καὶ κατὰ φύσιν ὡσ εὐτελῶν ὑπερηφανοῦντασ, τούτουσ εἶναι τοὺσ καὶ τὰ μύρα πίνοντασ· (Lucian, Nigrinus, Nigrinou Fiaosofia 31:4)

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