4.4.1
Logeion
Perseus analyses of ὤπτησάν:
ὀπτάω (roast, broil): imperf ind act 3rd pl
ὀπτάω (roast, broil): aor ind act 3rd pl (attic ionic)
LSJ entry
ὀπτάω
ὀπτάω
,
pf.
ὤπτηκα
Euphro 1.5
:
irreg.
part.
Pass.
ὀπτεύμενος
Theoc. 7.55
:
Dor.
pres.
part.
ὀπτᾶντες
Epich. 164
:
fut.
Med.
ὀπτήσομαι
(in
pass.
sense)
Luc. Asin. 31
:
aor.
Pass.
,
ὀπτηθῆναι
Od. 20.27
:
pf.
Pass.
ὤπτημαι
Ar. Fr. 627
: (
ὀπτός
(A),
q.
v.)
:—
A.
roast,
broil,
κρέα
ὤπτων
Od. 3.33
,
etc.
;
σπλάγχνα
δʼ
ἄρʼ
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
γʼ
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
μʼ
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
(
Pass.
):—
Pass.
,
of
the
fire
of
love,
ὀπτεύμενον
ἐξ
Ἀφροδίτας
Theoc. 7.55
,
cf.
23.34
,
AP
12.92.7 (
Mel.
):
so,
prob.,
in
Act.
,
Sapph.
115.