ὀπός

ὀπός, ὁ,

• juice, distd. from χυλός, χυμός, in that ὀπός is prop. vegetable juice, the milky juice which is drawn from a plant by tapping it, ὀπὸν . . στάζοντα τομῆς . . κάδοις δέχεται S. Fr. 534 (anap.), cf. Thphr. HP 9.8.1, etc.; esp. the acid juice of the fig-tree, used as rennet (τάμισος) for curdling milk, Il. 5.902, Emp. 33, Hp. Morb. 4.52, Menestor ap. Thphr. HP 1.2.3, Arist. Mete. 384a21, 389b10, GA 737a14; generally, acid juice, Pl. Ti. 60b; βλέπειν ὀπόν Ar. Pax 1184: in pl., Antiph. 88.4, cj. in Anaxandr. 41.59 (anap.); cf. ὀπίας, ὀποειδής,
• • • 2 metaph., ὀπὸς ἥβης the juicy freshness of youth, opp. ῥυτίς, AP 5.257 (Paul.Sil.).
  • II ὀποῦ καρπός, = σιλφίου σπέρμα, Hp. ap. Gal. 19.126; and so prob. in Ar. Ec. 404, Pl. 719; but ὀπὸς σιλφίου silphium juice, Hp. Acut. 23, cf. 37, Acut. (Sp.) 18 [? was 48], Thphr. HP 6.3.2; so ὀπός alone, Gal. 12.90.
  • III gravy, Ath. 9.402c. (Perh. cf. Lith. sakaĩ (pl.) ‘resin’, Slav. sokǔ ‘sap’.)

ὀπός, gen. of ὄψ (q. v.).

ὀπός, ὁ (sapio), Saft der Pflanzen, bes. der Bäume, gew. des Feigenbaumes, der zum Gerinnen der Milch gebraucht wurde ; ὡς δʼ ὅτʼ ὀπὸς γάλα λευκὸν ἐπειγόμενος συνέπηξεν, Il. 5.902 ; τὸ δὲ τῆς σαρκὸς διαλυτικὸν ἀφρῶδες γένος ὀπὸς ἐπωνομάσθη, Plat. Tim. 60b ; Legg. VII.824 ; Theophr. u. Folgende.
Uebertr., ὀπὸς ἥβης, die saftige, schwellende Fülle des jugendlichen Leibes, Paul.Sil. 8 (V.258).

ὀπός

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Fig-juice used to curdle milk for cheese Il. 5.902.

ὀπός : sap of the wild fig-tree, used for curdling milk, Il. 5.902†.

ὀπός : see ὄψ.

ὀπός, οῦ, ὁ,

• Lat. sapor, sap: esp. the juice of the figtree, used as rennet (τάμισος) for curdling milk, Il.