ὄψον

ὄψον, τό,

• cooked or otherwise prepared food, a made dish, eaten with bread and wine, ἐν δὲ . . σῖτον καὶ οἶνον ἔθηκεν, ὄψα τε Od. 3.480; ἐν δέ οἱ ἀσκὸν ἔθηκε . . οἴνοιο . ., ἐν δὲ καὶ ᾖα κωρύκῳ, ἐν δέ οἱ ὄψα τίθει 5.267, cf. 6.77, Il. 9.489; παμπόνηρον ὄ. ὁ γέρανος Epich. 87; ἄρτον, . . οἶνον . ., ὄψον Th. 1.138 (taken in signf. 3 by D.S. 11.57); ἄρτους, . . ὄψον . ., οἶνον Pl. Grg. 518c; ὄ. ὀπτόν Ar. Eq. 1106, cf. Av. 900; ἐσθίουσι ἐπὶ τῷ σίτῳ ὄ. X. Mem. 3.14.2, cf. 3.14.3; τῷ ὄ. (cuisine) τε καὶ τῷ οἴνῳ χαίροντα μᾶλλον ἢ τοῖς φίλοις ib. 1.5.4; ὄ. ἕξουσιν, ἅλας τε δηλονότι καὶ ἐλάας καὶ τυρόν, καὶ βολβοὺς καὶ λάχανά γε, οἷα δὴ ἐν ἀγροῖς ἑψήματα, ἑψήσονται Pl. R. 372c; opp. τραγήματα, Clearch. 65; ὄψα . . καὶ τραγήματα, ὄψα . . καὶ μύρα, Pl. R. 372e, 373a; Σικελικὴ ποικιλία ὄψου ib. 404d; φακῆν, ἥδιστον ὄψων Ar. Fr. 23; τὴν ἔγχελυν . . ὄψων μέγιστον the greatest of delicacies, Anaxandr. 39.6; ὄ. δὲ ταὐτὸν ἀεί ποτε πᾶσίν ἐστιν, ὕειον κρέας ἑφθόν (in the Spartan φειδίτια) Dicaearch.Hist. 23 [72]; εἷς ἄρτος, ὄ. ἰσχάς Philem. 85, cf. X. Cyr. 1.2.8; [τέχνη] ἡ τοῖς ὄ. (dishes) τὰ ἡδύσματα (sauces, seasonings) [ἀποδιδοῦσα μαγειρικὴ καλεῖται] Pl. R. 332d, cf. Tht. 175e, Plu. Fort. 2.99d; ὄ. ὀξέα καὶ δριμέα καὶ ἁλμυρά X. Cyr. 6.2.31; τοὺς παῖδας διδάσκομεν . . τῇ δεξιᾷ λαμβάνειν τοῦ ὄ. τῇ δʼ ἀριστερᾷ κρατεῖν τὸν ἄρτον Plu. Fort. 2.99d: metaph., ὄ. δὲ λόγοι φθονεροῖσι are a treat to the envious, Pi. N. 8.21.
• • • 2 relish, κρόμυον, ποτῷ ὄ. Il. 11.630; κολλύραν . . καὶ κόνδυλον ὄ. ἐπʼ αὐτῇ pudding and knuckle-sauce, Ar. Pax 123: metaph., λιμῷ ὅσαπερ ὄψῳ διαχρῆσθε ‘hunger is the best sauce’, X. Cyr. 1.5.12; ἡ ἐπιθυμία τοῦ σίτου ὄ. Id. Mem. 1.3.5; ὄ. τροφῆς τὸ πεινῆν Socr. ap. Porph. Abst. 3.26; οἱ πόνοι ὄ. τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς X. Cyr. 7.5.80.
    • 3 at Athens, esp. fish, the chief delicacy of the Athenians (πολλῶν ὄντων ὄ. ἐκνενίκηκεν ὁ ἰχθὺς μόνος ἢ μάλιστά γε ὄψον καλεῖσθαι Plu. QConv. 2.667f, cf. Ath. 7.276e); so in Pap., ὄ. 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 τοὖψον Ar. Frr. 247, 545, cf. Aeschin. 1.65.

ὄψον, τό (ἕψω), eigtl. von jeder gekochten od. sonst wie am Feuer zubereiteten Speise, alles Gekochte od. Gesottene, im Ggstz des Brotes, alle Zukost zum Brote (ἐσθίουσι πάντες ἐπὶ τῷ σίτῳ ὄψον, Xen. Mem. 3.14.2); in der ältesten Zeit gew. Fleisch, Il. 9.489 ; ἐνέθηκε σῖτον καὶ οἶνον ὄψα τε οἷα ἔδουσι βασιλῆες Od. 3.480, vgl. 5.267, 6.77 ; ὕειον κρέας ἑφθόν, Dicaearch. bei Ath. IV.141b ; auch dr Zwiebel heißt ποτῷ ὄψον, weil man sie zum Trunke ißt, Il. 11.630 ; ὄψον ὀπτόν, Ar. Eq. 1102 ; – bes. aber Fische, wie Plut. Symp. 4.4.2 bemerkt : πολλῶν ὄντων ὄψων ἐκνενίκηκεν ὁ ἰχθὺς μόνος ἢ μάλιστά γε ὄψον καλεῖσθαι ; Ath. VII.276e, u. oft bei Comic., vgl. z.B. Philemo bei Ath. VII.288d u. XIV.648f, wo eine Reihe von ὄψα hergezählt werden ; Hippocr. nennt den Fisch ὄψον θαλάττιον, wie Pol. 34.8.6 ; – Plat. vrbdt σίτου τε καὶ ὄψου, Rep. VIII.559a ; ὄψα καὶ τραγήματα, II.372e ; μηδὲ ὄψον ἡδῦναι, Theaet. 175e, u. so übh. lecker bereitete Speisen.
Uebertr., ὄψον λόγοι φθονεροῖσιν, Pind. N. 8.21 ; οἱ γὰρ πόνοι ὄψον τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς, Xen. Cyr. 7.5.26, vgl. Mem. 1.3.5, Würze, Alles, was den Genuß erhöht. – Auch der Markt, wo Lebensmittel, bes. Fische verkauft wurden, hieß ὄψον, Poll. 6c. 7 ; εἰς τοὖψον ἀφῖκται, Aesch. 1.65 ; vgl. B.A. 307.

ὄψον

-ου, τό

[ὀπ- as in ὀπτός.]

• • 1

    A piece of cooked meat Il. 9.489.

    In pl., such meat : σῖτον καὶ οἶνον ὄψα τε Od. 3.480. Cf. Od. 5.267, Od. 6.77.

  • 2

    A relish : κρόμυον ποτῷ ὄψον Il. 11.630.

ὄψον

• 1relish met. ὄψον δὲ λόγοι φθονεροῖσιν N. 8.21

ὄψον (ἕψω): properly that which is cooked (boiled), said of anything that is eaten with bread, relish, sauce, of an onion as a relish with wine, Il. 11.630; of meat, Od. 3.480.

ὄψον, ου, τό, ἕψω

• properly, cooked meat, or, generally, meat, opp. to bread and other provisions, Hom., Ar.
• • • 2anything eaten with bread or food, to give it flavour and relish, κρόμυον, ποτῷ ὄψον onions, a zest or relish to wine, Il.; ἐσθίουσι ἐπὶ τῷ σίτῳ ὄψον Xen.
    • 3seasoning, sauce, Plat.; κολλύραν καὶ κόνδυλον ὄψον ἐπʼ αὐτῇ pudding and knuckle- sauce withal, Ar.; λιμῷ ὅσαπερ ὄψῳ διαχρῆσθε, i. e. "hunger is the best sauce," Xen.
    • 4generally, dainty fare, in pl. dainties, Plat.
  • IIat Athens, mostly, fish, the chief dainty of the Athenians, Ar.
  • • 2the fish-market, Ar., Aeschin.