ὀπτάω 1 a part. pass. ὀπτεύμενος in Theocr. ὀπτός
1.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 Homer's heroes ate only roast meat:—Pass., aor1 inf. ὀπτηθῆναι Od.
2.to bake bread, Hdt., Xen., Ar.:—also of bricks or pottery, to bake, burn, Hdt.
3.to bake, harden, of the sun, Bion.
4.metaph. in Pass. to be burned by love, Theocr., Anth.
