ὀπάων [ᾱ],ονος,ὁ, as in Hom. and Trag.; later Ion.
ὀπέων,ωνος, Hdt. 9.50 , 51 , restored by Dind. in 5.111 : (v.ὀπάζωfin.) :—
A. comradein war,esquire,denoting the slight subordination in which one hero stood to another, as Meriones to Idomeneus , Il. 8.263 , 10.58 , etc. ; Phoenix to Peleus, 23.360 ; so, = ὑπασπιστής , Hdt. 5.111 .
2. generally,follower, attendant,
B. 17.35 , Hdt. 9.50 , 51 , A. Ch. 769 , Supp. 492 , 954 , S. Ant. 1108 ;ὀ. μήλωνa shepherd, Pi. P. 9.64 ; of a female, h.Cer. 440 . —Cf.ὀπηδός.
II. asAdj.,following,
ὀπάονι ῥιπῇ
Opp. H. 5.489
; ὀ. Νύμφην
IG 14.1389i52
.