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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 τεOd.3.480; “ἐν δέ οἱ ἀσκὸν ἔθηκε . . οἴνοιο . . , ἐν δὲ καὶ ᾖα κωρύκῳ, ἐν δέ οἱ ὄψα τίθει5.267, cf.6.77, Il.9.489; “παμπόνηρον . γέρανοςEpich.87; “ἄρτον, . . οἶνον . . , ὄψονTh.1.138 (taken in signf. 3 by D.S.11.57); “ἄρτους, . . ὄψον . . , οἶνονPl.Grg.518c; “. ὀπτόνAr.Eq.1106, cf. Av.900; ἐσθίουσι ἐπὶ τῷ σίτῳ . X.Mem.3.14.2, cf. 3.14.3; τῷ . (cuisine) τε καὶ τῷ οἴνῳ χαίροντα μᾶλλον τοῖς φίλοις ib.1.5.4; “. ἕξουσιν, ἅλας τε δηλονότι καὶ ἐλάας καὶ τυρόν, καὶ βολβοὺς καὶ λάχανά γε, οἷα δὴ ἐν ἀγροῖς ἑψήματα, ἑψήσονταιPl.R.372c; opp. τραγήματα, Clearch.65; ὄψα . . καὶ τραγήματα, ὄψα . . καὶ μύρα, Pl.R.372e, 373a; Σικελικὴ ποικιλία ὄψου ib. 404d; “φακῆν, ἥδιστον ὄψωνAr.Fr.23; τὴν ἔγχελυν . . ὄψων μέγιστον the greatest of delicacies, Anaxandr.39.6; . δὲ ταὐτὸν ἀεί ποτε πᾶσίν ἐστιν, ὕειον κρέας ἑφθόν (in the Spartan φειδίτια) Dicaearch. Hist.23; “εἷς ἄρτος, . ἰσχάςPhilem.85, cf. X.Cyr.1.2.8; [τέχνη] τοῖς . (dishes) τὰ ἡδύσματα (sauces, seasonings) [ἀποδιδοῦσα μαγειρικὴ καλεῖται] Pl. R.332d, cf. Tht.175e, Plu.2.99d; “. ὀξέα καὶ δριμέα καὶ ἁλμυράX.Cyr. 6.2.31; “τοὺς παῖδας διδάσκομεν . . τῇ δεξιᾷ λαμβάνειν τοῦ . τῇ δ᾽ ἀριστερᾷ κρατεῖν τὸν ἄρτονPlu.2.99d: metaph., . δὲ λόγοι φθονεροῖσι are a treat to the envious, Pi.N.8.21.
3. at Athens, esp.fish, the chief delicacy of the Athenians (“πολλῶν ὄντων . ἐκνενίκηκεν ἰχθὺς μόνος μάλιστά γε ὄψον καλεῖσθαιPlu.2.667f, cf. Ath.7.276e); so in Pap., . 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 τοὖψονAr.Frr.247, 545, cf. Aeschin. 1.65.
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