ὄμφαξ,ᾰκος , ἡ(ὁ
Plu. 2.138e , 648f , Gp. 4.15.13 ),
A. unripe grape(cf. Dsc. 5.5 ), πάροιθε δέ τ' ὄμφακές εἰσιν ἄνθος ἀφιεῖσαι
Od. 7.125
; ὅτ' ὄ. αἰόλλονται
Hes. Sc. 399
: sg. as collective, ὅταν δὲ τεύχῃ Ζεὺς ἀπ' ὄμφακος πικρᾶς οἶνον
A. Ag. 970
; so freq. in Hp.,Ulc. 12 ,Acut.(Sp.)
65 , al., cf. Plu. 2.648f ; εἶτ' ἦμαρ αὔξει μέσσον ὄμφακος τύπον
S. Fr. 255.5
; also of other fruits, as olives, Poll. 5.67 .
II. metaph.,young girl not yet ripe for marriage,
AP 5.19 ( Honest. ), 12.205 ( Strat. ), JRS 18.30 (Tembris) ;τί τρυγᾷς ὄμφακας ἡλικίης; (epitaph of a boy, addressed to Pluto) IG 14.769 (Naples).
2. the unripe hard breastsof a young girl, ὄμφακα μαζοῦ