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ὀπτανάριος
ὀπτανεῖον
ὀπτανεύς
ὀπτανία
ὀπτανικός
ὀπτάνιον
ὀπτάνομαι
ὀπτανός
ὀπτασία1
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ὀπτάω
ὀπτέον
ὀπτευτήρ
ὀπτεύω
ὀπτήρ
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ὀπτήσιμος
ὄπτησις
ὀπτήτειρα
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ὀπτάω
ὀπτάω, pf.
A). ὤπτηκα Euphro 1.5 : irreg. part. Pass. ὀπτεύμενος Theoc. 7.55 : Dor. pres. part. ὀπτᾶντες Epich. 164 : fut. Med. ὀπτήσομαι (in pass. sense) Luc. Asin. 31 : aor. Pass., ὀπτηθῆναι Od. 20.27 : pf. Pass. ὤπτημαι Ar. Fr. 627 :(ὀπτός (A), q. v.):—roast, broil, κρέα ὤπτων Od. 3.33 , etc.; σπλάγχνα δ’ ἄρ’ ὀπτήσαντες ἐνώμων 20.252 ; ὤπτησάν τε περιφραδέως Il. 1.466 , 2.429 : also c. gen. partit., ὀπτῆσαί τε κρεῶν roast some meat, Od. 15.98 ; then in Hdt. 9.120 , Ar. Av. 1690 , X. Cyr. 8.2.6 , etc.; broil or fry fish, Ar. Fr. l.c., Crates Com. 17 , al.; fry an egg, PLit.Lond. 170 (i A. D.); toast cheese, Eub. 150.2 .—Hence it appears that ὀπτᾶν was used of all kinds of cooking by means of fire or dry heat, opp. ἕψω (boil in water), which never appears in Hom., whose heroes ate only roast meat, κρέα δὲ μόνον ὤπτων, ἐπεὶ ἕψοντά γ’ οὐ πεποίηκεν αὐτῶν οὐδένα Eub. 120 .
2). bake bread, Hdt. 2.47 ; ὅκως ὀπτῷτο ( v.l. ὀπτῴη ) ὁ ἄρτος Id. 8.137 , cf. X. An. 5.4.29 ; ὀπτᾶν πλακοῦντας Ar. Ra. 507 ; also of bricks or pottery, bake, burn, Hdt. 1.179 ; καλῶς ὠπτημένη [χύτρα] Pl. Hp.Ma. 288d ; ὁ ὀπτώμενος κέραμος Arist. Mete. 383a21 .
3). bake, scorch, of the sun, ἐπεὶ τόκα μ’ ἅλιος ὀπτῇ Bion Fr. 15.12 ; ἡ γῆ ὀπτᾶται ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου X. Oec. 16.14 .
4). metaph. (as we say), 'roast' a man, τοῦτον ὀπτᾶν καὶ στρέφειν Ar. Lys. 839 , cf. Sopat. 6.9 ( Pass.):— Pass., of the fire of love, ὀπτεύμενον ἐξ Ἀφροδίτας Theoc. 7.55 , cf. 23.34 , AP 12.92.7 ( Mel.): so, prob., in Act., Sapph. 115 .


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to roast, broil

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ὀπτάω
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ὀπτάω
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οπταω
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ὀπτάω</span>, pf. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">ὤπτηκα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0460.tlg001:1:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0460.tlg001:1.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Euphro</span> 1.5 </a> : irreg. part. Pass. <span class="quote greek">ὀπτεύμενος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:55" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.55/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 7.55 </a> : Dor. pres. part. <span class="quote greek">ὀπτᾶντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001:164" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001:164/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epich.</span> 164 </a> : fut. Med. <span class="foreign greek">ὀπτήσομαι</span> (in pass. sense) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0061.tlg001:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0061.tlg001:31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Asin.</span> 31 </a> : aor. Pass., <span class="quote greek">ὀπτηθῆναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:20:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:20.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 20.27 </a> : pf. Pass. <span class="quote greek">ὤπτημαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:627" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:627/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 627 </a> :(<span class="foreign greek">ὀπτός</span> (A), q. v.):—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">roast, broil,</span> <span class="quote greek">κρέα ὤπτων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 3.33 </a> , etc.; <span class="quote greek">σπλάγχνα δ’ ἄρ’ ὀπτήσαντες ἐνώμων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:20:252" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:20.252/canonical-url/"> 20.252 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὤπτησάν τε περιφραδέως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:466" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.466/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.466 </a> ,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:429" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.429/canonical-url/"> 2.429 </a> : also c. gen. partit., <span class="foreign greek">ὀπτῆσαί τε κρεῶν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">roast</span> some meat, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:15:98" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:15.98/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 15.98 </a> ; then in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:120" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.120/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 9.120 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1690" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1690/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 1690 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:8:2:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:8:2:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 8.2.6 </a>, etc.; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">broil</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fry</span> fish, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> </span>l.c., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0433.tlg001:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0433.tlg001:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Crates Com.</span> 17 </a>, al.; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fry</span> an egg, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PLit.Lond.</span> 170 </span> (i A. D.); <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">toast</span> cheese, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001:150:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001:150.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eub.</span> 150.2 </a>.—Hence it appears that <span class="foreign greek">ὀπτᾶν</span> was used of all kinds of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cooking by means of fire</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dry heat,</span> opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἕψω</span> (boil in water), which never appears in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, whose heroes ate only roast meat, <span class="quote greek">κρέα δὲ μόνον ὤπτων, ἐπεὶ ἕψοντά γ’ οὐ πεποίηκεν αὐτῶν οὐδένα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001:120" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001:120/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eub.</span> 120 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bake</span> bread, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:47" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.47/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.47 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὅκως ὀπτῷτο</span> ( v.l. <span class="ref greek">ὀπτῴη</span> ) <span class="quote greek"> ὁ ἄρτος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:137" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.137/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 8.137 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:4:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:4:29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 5.4.29 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὀπτᾶν πλακοῦντας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:507" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:507/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 507 </a> ; also of bricks or pottery, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bake, burn,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:179" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.179/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.179 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">καλῶς ὠπτημένη [χύτρα]</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg025:288d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg025:288d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hp.Ma.</span> 288d </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὁ ὀπτώμενος κέραμος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:383a:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:383a.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mete.</span> 383a21 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bake, scorch,</span> of the sun, <span class="quote greek">ἐπεὶ τόκα μ’ ἅλιος ὀπτῇ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0036.tlg003:15:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0036.tlg003:15.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Bion</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 15.12 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἡ γῆ ὀπτᾶται ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:16:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg003.perseus-grc1:16.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Oec.</span> 16.14 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> metaph. (as we say), <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">\'roast\'</span> a man, <span class="quote greek">τοῦτον ὀπτᾶν καὶ στρέφειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:839" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:839/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 839 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1682.tlg001:6:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1682.tlg001:6.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sopat.</span> 6.9 </a> ( Pass.):— Pass., of the fire of love, <span class="quote greek">ὀπτεύμενον ἐξ Ἀφροδίτας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:55" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.55/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 7.55 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23.34/canonical-url/"> 23.34 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 12.92.7 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Mel.</span></span>): so, prob., in Act., <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> 115 </span>.</div> </div><br><br>'}