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ὀπτάω
ὀπτάω ὀπτάω, a part. pass. ὀπτεύμενος in Theocr. ὀπτός to roast, broil, Hom., etc.; c. gen. partit., ὀπτῆσαί τε κρεῶν to roast some meat, Od.:— ὀπτᾶν was used of cooking by means of fire or dry heat, opp. to ἕψω to boil in water, which never appears in Hom.; and a Com. poet remarks that Homerʼs heroes ate only roast meat:—Pass., aor1 inf. ὀπτηθῆναι Od. to bake bread, Hdt., Xen., Ar.:—also of bricks or pottery, to bake, burn, Hdt. to bake, harden, of the sun, Bion. metaph. in Pass. to be burned by love, Theocr., Anth.

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to roast, broil

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ὀπτάω
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ὀπτάω ὀπτάω, a part. pass. ὀπτεύμενος in Theocr. ὀπτός to roast, broil, Hom., etc.; c. gen. partit., ὀπτῆσαί τε κρεῶν to roast some meat, Od.:— ὀπτᾶν was used of cooking by means of fire or dry heat, opp. to ἕψω to boil in water, which never appears in Hom.; and a Com. poet remarks that Homerʼs heroes ate only roast meat:—Pass., aor1 inf. ὀπτηθῆναι Od. to bake bread, Hdt., Xen., Ar.:—also of bricks or pottery, to bake, burn, Hdt. to bake, harden, of the sun, Bion. metaph. in Pass. to be burned by love, Theocr., Anth.
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23448
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n23472
Key:
o)pta/w

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