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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

  • ἀλλ’ ὄψοισ χρῆσθε τούτοισ ἐφηδύνοντεσ τὴν τροφήν· (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 92)
  • Φαινίασ δέ φησιν ὅτι Φιλόξενοσ ὁ Κυθήριοσ ποιητήσ, περιπαθὴσ ὢν τοῖσ ὄψοισ, δειπνῶν ποτε παρὰ Διονυσίῳ ὡσ εἶδεν ἐκείνῳ μὲν μεγάλην τρῖγλαν παρατεθεῖσαν, ἑαυτῷ δὲ μικράν, ἀναλαβών αὐτὴν εἰσ τὰσ χεῖρασ πρὸσ τὸ οὖσ προσήνεγκε. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 11 1:1)
  • σιτίοισ γε μὴν πολλάκισ καὶ ὄψοισ μάλ’ ἡδέωσ προσενεχθέντεσ ἂν αἴσθωνται καὶ μάθωσιν αὑτοὺσ τῶν μὴ καθαρῶν τι μηδὲ νομίμων ἐδηδοκότασ, οὐ τῇ κρίσει μόνον ἐπιτίθεται τὸ λυποῦν καὶ δάκνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ σῶμα τῇ δόξῃ συνδιατρεπόμενον καὶ ἀναπιμπλάμενον ἔμετοι καὶ ἀνατροπαὶ ναυτιώδεισ ἴσχουσι. (Plutarch, De virtute morali, section 4 9:1)
  • σιτίοισ γε μὴν πολλάκισ καὶ ὄψοισ μάλ’ ἡδέωσ προσενεχθέντεσ ἂν αἴσθωνται καὶ μάθωσιν αὑτοὺσ τῶν μὴ καθαρῶν τι μηδὲ νομίμων ἐδηδοκότασ, οὐ τῇ κρίσει μόνον ἕπεται τὸ λυποῦν καὶ δάκνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ σῶμα τῇ δόξῃ συνδιατρεπόμενον καὶ ἀναπιμπλάμενον ἔμετοι καὶ διατροπαὶ ναυτιώδεισ ἴσχουσι. (Plutarch, De virtute morali, section 4 3:1)
  • ἑτέροισ σιτίοισ χρῆσθαι καὶ ὄψοισ, ἃ καὶ τῷ σώματι μᾶλλόν ἐστι κατὰ φύσιν, καὶ τῆσ ψυχῆσ ἧττον ἀμβλύνει τὸ λογικόν, ὥσπερ ἐκ λιτῆσ καὶ ἐλαφρᾶσ ὕλησ ἀναπτόμενον. (Plutarch, De tuenda sanitate praecepta, chapter, section 18 9:1)

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