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ὄψον

opson

cooked

Appears 18 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ὄψον, τό, A. cooked or otherwise prepared food, a made dish, eaten with bread and wine, ἐν δὲ . . σῖτον καὶ οἶνον ἔθηκεν, ὄψα τε Od. 3.480; ἐν δέ οἱ ἀσκὸν ἔθηκε . . οἴνοιο . . , ἐν δὲ καὶ ᾖα κωρύκῳ, ἐν δέ οἱ ὄψα τίθει 5.267, cf.6.77, Il. 9.489; παμπόνηρον ὄ. ὁ γέρανος Epich. 87; ἄρτον, . . οἶνον . . , ὄψον Th. 1.138 (taken in signf. 3 by D.S. 11.57); ἄρτους, . . ὄψον . . , οἶνον Pl. Grg. 518c; ὄ. ὀπτόν Ar. Eq. 1106, cf. Av. 900; ἐσθίουσι ἐπὶ τῷ σίτῳ ὄ. X. Mem. 3.14.2, cf. 3.14.3; τῷ ὄ. (cuisine) τε καὶ τῷ οἴνῳ χαίροντα μᾶλλον ἢ τοῖς φίλοις ib.1.5.4; ὄ. ἕξουσιν, ἅλας τε δηλονότι καὶ ἐλάας καὶ τυρόν, καὶ βολβοὺς καὶ λάχανά γε, οἷα δὴ ἐν ἀγροῖς ἑψήματα, ἑψήσονται Pl. R. 372c; opp. τραγήματα, Clearch. 65; ὄψα . . καὶ τραγήματα, ὄψα . . καὶ μύρα, Pl. R. 372e, 373a; Σικελικὴ ποικιλία ὄψου ib. 404d; φακῆν, ἥδιστον ὄψων Ar. Fr. 23; τὴν ἔγχελυν . . ὄψων μέγιστον the greatest of delicacies, Anaxandr. 39.6; ὄ. δὲ ταὐτὸν ἀεί ποτε πᾶσίν ἐστιν, ὕειον κρέας ἑφθόν (in the Spartan φειδίτια) Dicaearch. Hist.23; εἷς ἄρτος, ὄ. ἰσχάς Philem. 85, cf. X. Cyr. 1.2.8; [τέχνη] ἡ τοῖς ὄ. (dishes) τὰ ἡδύσματα (sauces, seasonings) [ἀποδιδοῦσα μαγειρικὴ καλεῖται] Pl. R. 332d, cf. Tht. 175e, Plu. 2.99d; ὄ. ὀξέα καὶ δριμέα καὶ ἁλμυρά X. Cyr. 6.2.31; τοὺς παῖδας διδάσκομεν . . τῇ δεξιᾷ λαμβάνειν τοῦ ὄ. τῇ δʼ ἀριστερᾷ κρατεῖν τὸν ἄρτον Plu. 2.99d: metaph., ὄ. δὲ λόγοι φθονεροῖσι are a treat to the envious, Pi. N. 8.21. 2. relish, κρόμυον, ποτῷ ὄ. Il. 11.630; κολλύραν . . καὶ κόνδυλον ὄ. ἐπʼ αὐτῇ pudding and knuckle-sauce, Ar. Pax 123: metaph., λιμῷ ὅσαπερ ὄψῳ διαχρῆσθε ‘hunger is the best sauce’, X. Cyr. 1.5.12; ἡ ἐπιθυμία τοῦ σίτου ὄ. Id. Mem. 1.3.5; ὄ. τροφῆς τὸ πεινῆν Socr. ap. Porph. Abst. 3.26; οἱ πόνοι ὄ. τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς X. Cyr. 7.5.80. 3. at Athens, esp.fish, the chief delicacy of the Athenians (πολλῶν ὄντων ὄ. ἐκνενίκηκεν ὁ ἰχθὺς μόνος ἢ μάλιστά γε ὄψον καλεῖσθαι Plu. 2.667f, cf. Ath. 7.276e); so in Pap., ὄ. as collective, = fish, PCair. Zen.82.17 (iii B. C.); in Hp. Mul. 1.37 ὄψα θαλάσσια is v.l. (dub.). II. market-place, esp. fishmarket, εἰς τοὖψον Ar. Frr. 247, 545, cf. Aeschin. 1.65.
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