Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

ὀψοποιικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀψοποιικός ὀψοποιική ὀψοποιικόν

Structure: ὀψοποιικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = o)yopoihtiko/s, Plat., Xen.

Sense

Declension

First/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

  • ὁ δὲ Πολυμνίασ ὁ πάνδημοσ, ὃν δεῖ εὐλαβούμενον προσφέρειν οἷσ ἂν προσφέρῃ, ὅπωσ ἂν τὴν μὲν ἡδονὴν αὐτοῦ καρπώσηται, ἀκολασίαν δὲ μηδεμίαν ἐμποιήσῃ, ὥσπερ ἐν τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ τέχνῃ μέγα ἔργον ταῖσ περὶ τὴν ὀψοποιικὴν τέχνην ἐπιθυμίαισ καλῶσ χρῆσθαι, ὥστ’ ἄνευ νόσου τὴν ἡδονὴν καρπώσασθαι. (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 131:1)
  • οὔτε γὰρ φιλοσοφίασ τῶν ὀψοποιίασ ὀνειδῶν οὐδὲν ἅψεται δήπουθεν, ἑώσ ἂν ἄλλο τι τὴν φύσιν ᾖ, οὔθ’ οἷσ ὀψοποιικὴν κακίζει τισ ἐξελέγχει ῥητορικὴν, ἑώσ ἂν μὴ δείξῃ τὴν ἀνάγκην, ὑφ’ ἧσ ταῦτα ὁμοίωσ ἔχει, πλὴν εἰ τοῦτ’ αὐτὸ ἱκανὸν ἡγήσατο εἰσ ἀνάγκην περιστῆσαί τινα τοῦ πῶσ ὀψοποιικὴ ῥητορικῆσ κεχώρισται λέγειν. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 8:11)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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