ὀπτεύμενος

ὀπτάω

roast: pres part mp masc nom sg (epic doric ionic)

ὀπτάω

roast: pres part mp masc nom sg (epic doric ionic)

ὀπτάω, [tense] pf.

A

ὤπτηκα Euphro 1.5

: irreg. part. [voice] Pass.

ὀπτεύμενος Theoc.7.55

: [dialect] Dor. [tense] pres. part.

ὀπτᾶντες Epich.164

: [tense] fut. [voice] Med. ὀπτήσομαι (in pass. sense) Luc.Asin.31 : [tense] aor. [voice] Pass.,

ὀπτηθῆναι Od.20.27

: [tense] pf. [voice] Pass.

ὤπτημαι Ar.Fr. 627

: ( ὀπτός (A), q. v.):—roast, broil,

κρέα ὤπτων Od.3.33

, etc. ;

σπλάγχνα δ' ἄρ' ὀπτήσαντες ἐνώμων 20.252

;

ὤπτησάν τε περιφραδέως Il.1.466

,2.429 : also c. gen. partit., ὀπτῆσαί τε κρεῶν roast some meat, Od.15.98 ; then in Hdt.9.120, Ar.Av. 1690, X.Cyr.8.2.6, etc. ; broil or fry fish, Ar.Fr.l.c., Crates Com.17, al.; fry an egg, PLit.Lond. 170 (i A. D.); toast cheese, Eub.150.2.—Hence it appears that ὀπτᾶν was used of all kinds of cooking by means of fire or dry heat, opp. ἕψω (boil in water), which never appears in Hom., whose heroes ate only roast meat,

κρέα δὲ μόνον ὤπτων, ἐπεὶ ἕψοντά γ' οὐ πεποίηκεν αὐτῶν οὐδένα Eub.120

.

2 bake bread, Hdt.2.47 ; ὅκως ὀπτῷτο (v.l. ὀπτῴη)

ὁ ἄρτος Id.8.137

, cf. X.An.5.4.29;

ὀπτᾶν πλακοῦντας Ar.Ra. 507

; also of bricks or pottery, bake, burn, Hdt.1.179 ;

καλῶς ὠπτημένη [χύτρα] Pl.Hp.Ma. 288d

;

ὁ ὀπτώμενος κέραμος Arist. Mete. 383a21

.

3 bake, scorch, of the sun,

ἐπεὶ τόκα μ' ἅλιος ὀπτῇ BionFr.15.12

;

ἡ γῆ ὀπτᾶται ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου X.Oec.16.14

.

4 metaph. (as we say), 'roast' a man,

τοῦτον ὀπτᾶν καὶ στρέφειν Ar.Lys. 839

, cf. Sopat.6.9 ([voice] Pass.):—[voice] Pass., of the fire of love,

ὀπτεύμενον ἐξ Ἀφροδίτας Theoc.7.55

, cf. 23.34, AP12.92.7 (Mel.): so, prob., in [voice] Act., Sapph.115.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to fry, to roast, to bake' (Od.).

Other forms: ὀπτεύμενος (Theoc.), aor. ὀπτῆσαι (Il.), ὀπτηθῆναι (Od.), perf. ὤπτηκα, - ημαι (Euphro resp. Ar.), fut. ὀπτήσομαι (Luc.).

Compounds: Also w. prefix, e.g. ἐπ-, ἐξ-, κατ-, παρ-.

Derivatives: ὄπτησις f. `the frying' (Miletos V<sup>a</sup>, Hp., Arist.) with ὀπτήσιμος `fit for frying' (Eub., Arbenz 82), ὀπτ-ήτειρα f. adjunct of κάμινος (Call.). - ητήρια H. as explanation of ὠψά (alphabet. in wrong place, very doubtful); also ὀπτευτήρ m. `smith', of Hephaistos (Coluth. 54 [V--VI<sup>p</sup>]) as if from *ὀπτεύω; cf. καμινευτήρ a.o. As 2. member in γαστρ-όπτης, f. - όπτις `sausage fryer' (Delos IV--III^a; cf. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 243 a. 2, 115 with wrong root-analysis). Backformation ἔξ-οπτος `well done' (Hp.), from ἐξ-οπτάω (IA.). -- Beside ὀπτός `fried, roasted, baked' (Od.); with ὀπτ-αλέος `fried, roasted' (Hom., Ath.), first after αὑαλέος a. o. from ὀπτός enlarged; or with old λ: ν-variation(?) with ὀπτανός `fried, fit for frying' (com., Arist.), formed like ἑψανός with related meaning; on the type (Schwyzer 490 n. 3 w. lit.). To ὀπτανός further ὀπτάν-ιον `kitchen' (com., inscr.), - ικός `fit for frying' (pap. III^p), - εύς m. `kitchen master' (pap.; Bosshardt 66) with - εῖον (-ήϊον) `kitchen' (Plu., Luc., Hdn. Gr.); ὀπτανάριος assator, coctarius Gloss. -- On itself ὀπτασία f. about `the roasting, kiln' ( PHolm. 9, 39 δὸς εἰς ὀπτασίαν ὀπτᾶσθαι), prob. to ὀπτάω after θερμασία v.t.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: As to the formation ὀπτάω belongs to the verbs in - τάω, ἀρτάω, φοιτάω, οὑτάω etc. (Schwyzer 705). As basis is generally considered and prob. correctly the verbal adj. ὀπτός ( τὰ ὀπτά? Risch $ 112b, questioning). -- Further unclear. The connection with ὀβελός (Schwyzer Festschr. Kretschmer 251) has as root-etymolog a very limited worth. Diff. attempts to connect ὀπτός with πέσσω, in Prellwitz (s. Bq) and Benveniste Origines 157f. - Furnée 263 compares ὄψον `any cooked food', which seems a good possibility; the variation will be Pre-Greek.

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