| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| όψον | fish | LXX.Num.11.22 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
ὄψον (opson) fish G:N-N
ὄψον, τό,
cooked or otherwise prepared food, a made dish, eaten with bread and wine, ἐν δὲ.. σῖτον καὶ οἶνον ἔθηκεν, ὄψα τε [ὄψον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.138 (taken in signification 3 by 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.57); ἄρτους,.. ὄψον.., οἶνον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 518c; ὄ. ὀπτόν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1106, compare “Av.” 900 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐσθίουσι ἐπὶ τῷ σίτῳ ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῷ ὄ. (cuisine) τε καὶ τῷ οἴνῳ χαίροντα μᾶλλον ἢ τοῖς φίλοις[Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to τραγήματα, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὄψα.. καὶ τραγήματα, ὄψα.. καὶ μύρα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Σικελικὴ ποικιλία ὄψου[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν ἔγχελυν.. ὄψων μέγιστον the greatest of delicacies, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὄ. δὲ ταὐτὸν ἀεί ποτε πᾶσίν ἐστιν, ὕειον κρέας ἑφθόν (in the Spartan φειδίτια) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [τέχνη] ἡ τοῖς ὄ. (dishes) τὰ ἡδύσματα (sauces, seasonings) [ἀποδιδοῦσα μαγειρικὴ καλεῖται] [Refs 5th c.BC+] are a treat to the envious, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 relish, κρόμυον, ποτῷ ὄ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κολλύραν.. καὶ κόνδυλον ὄ. ἐπ᾽ αὐτῇ pudding and knuckle-sauce, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 'hunger is the best sauce', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐπιθυμία τοῦ σίτου ὄ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 at Athens, especiallyfish, the chief delicacy of the Athenians (πολλῶν ὄντων ὄ. ἐκνενίκηκεν ὁ ἰχθὺς μόνος ἢ μάλιστά γε ὄψον καλεῖσθαι [Refs 1st c.AD+]; so in Papyrus, ὄ. as collective, = fish, PCair. Zen.[Refs 3rd c.BC+]; in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II market-place, especially fishmarket, εἰς τοὖψον [Refs 5th c.BC+]