ὄμφαξ
ὄμφαξ,
ᾰκος , ἡ (
ὁ Plu. 2.138e ,
648f ,
Gp. 4.15.13 ),
A). unripe grape (cf.
Dsc. 5.5 ),
πάροιθε δέ τ’ ὄμφακές εἰσιν ἄνθος ἀφιεῖσαι Od. 7.125 ;
ὅτ’ ὄ. αἰόλλονται Hes. Sc. 399 : sg. as collective,
ὅταν δὲ τεύχῃ Ζεὺς ἀπ’ ὄμφακος πικρᾶς οἶνον A. Ag. 970 ; so freq. in
Hp., Ulc. 12 ,
Acut.(Sp.) 65 , al., cf.
Plu. 2.648f ;
εἶτ’ ἦμαρ αὔξει μέσσον ὄμφακος τύπον S. Fr. 255.5 ; also of other fruits, as olives,
Poll. 5.67 .
II). metaph.,
young girl not yet ripe for marriage, AP 5.19 (
Honest.),
12.205 (
Strat.),
JRS 18.30 (Tembris);
τί τρυγᾷς ὄμφακας ἡλικίης ; (epitaph of a boy, addressed to Pluto)
IG 14.769 (Naples).
3). ὄμφακας βλέπειν look
sour grapes, look
sour (cf.
βλέπω II),
Com.Adesp. 877 : hence
τὰς ὀφρῦς σχάσασθε καὶ τὰς ὄ. your scornful brows and
sourgrape looks, Pl.Com. 32 ; cf.
ὀμφακίας 11 .
b). prov., ὑγιέστερος ὄμφακος Com.Adesp. 910 .
ShortDef
an unripe grape
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Headword (normalized):
ὄμφαξ
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ομφαξ
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-73960
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ὄμφαξ</span>, <span class="itype greek">ᾰκος</span> <span class="foreign greek">, ἡ</span> (<span class="gen greek">ὁ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.138e </span>,<span class="bibl"> 648f </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Gp.</span> 4.15.13 </span>), <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">unripe grape</span> (cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 5.5 </span>), <span class="quote greek">πάροιθε δέ τ’ ὄμφακές εἰσιν ἄνθος ἀφιεῖσαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:7:125" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:7.125/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 7.125 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὅτ’ ὄ. αἰόλλονται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:399" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg003.perseus-grc1:399/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sc.</span> 399 </a> : sg. as collective, <span class="quote greek">ὅταν δὲ τεύχῃ Ζεὺς ἀπ’ ὄμφακος πικρᾶς οἶνον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:970" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:970/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 970 </a> ; so freq. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg028.perseus-grc1:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg028.perseus-grc1:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span>, <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ulc.</span> 12 </a>,<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Acut.(Sp.)</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg028.perseus-grc1:65" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg028.perseus-grc1:65/canonical-url/"> 65 </a>, al., cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.648f </span> ; <span class="quote greek">εἶτ’ ἦμαρ αὔξει μέσσον ὄμφακος τύπον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:255:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:255.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 255.5 </a> ; also of other fruits, as olives, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:5:67" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:5.67/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 5.67 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">young girl not yet ripe for marriage,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">AP</span> 5.19 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Honest.</span></span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1440.tlg001:12:205" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1440.tlg001:12.205/canonical-url/"> 12.205 </a> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Strat.</span></span>), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">JRS</span> 18.30 </span> (Tembris); <span class="foreign greek">τί τρυγᾷς ὄμφακας ἡλικίης</span> ; (epitaph of a boy, addressed to Pluto) <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 14.769 </span> (Naples). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the unripe hard breasts</span> of a young girl, <span class="quote greek">ὄμφακα μαζοῦ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0647.tlg001.perseus-grc1:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0647.tlg001.perseus-grc1:34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Tryph.</span> 34 </a> ; but <span class="foreign greek">ὄμφακι μαζῷ,</span> as Adj., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:71" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.71/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nonn.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">D.</span> 1.71 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:48:957" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:48.957/canonical-url/"> 48.957 </a> ; cf. <span class="quote greek">ὀμφάκιον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ὄμφακας βλέπειν</span> look <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sour grapes,</span> look <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sour</span> (cf. <span class="foreign greek">βλέπω</span> II), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Com.Adesp.</span> 877 </span> : hence <span class="foreign greek">τὰς ὀφρῦς σχάσασθε καὶ τὰς ὄ.</span> your scornful brows and <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sourgrape looks,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0497.tlg001:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0497.tlg001:32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.Com.</span> 32 </a> ; cf. <span class="quote greek">ὀμφακίας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0497.tlg001:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0497.tlg001:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> prov., <span class="quote greek">ὑγιέστερος ὄμφακος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Com.Adesp.</span> 910 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a gem, used for seals,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg004:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg004:30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lap.</span> 30 </a>. [Always <span class="itype greek">ᾰ</span>, since <span class="foreign greek">στόμφᾱκα</span> has been restored by Gaisf. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:624" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:624/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 624 </a>.]</div> </div><br><br>'}