ὀπός,ὁ,
A. juice,distd. fromχυλός, χυμός,in thatὀπόςis prop.vegetable juice, the milky juicewhich is drawn from a plant by tapping it, ὀπὸν . . στάζοντα τομῆς . . κάδοις δέχεται
S. Fr. 534
(anap.), cf. Thphr. HP 9.8.1 , etc. ; esp.the acid juice of the fig-tree,used as rennet (τάμισος) for curdling milk, Il. 5.902 , Emp. 33 , Hp. Morb. 4.52 , Menestor ap. Thphr. HP 1.2.3 , Arist. Mete. 384a21 , 389b10 , GA 737a14 ; generally,acid juice,
Pl. Ti. 60b ; βλέπειν ὀπόν
Ar. Pax 1184
: in pl., Antiph. 88.4 , cj. in Anaxandr. 41.59 (anap.); cf.ὀπίας, ὀποειδής,
2. metaph.,ὀπὸς ἥβης the juicy freshnessof youth, opp.ῥυτίς,
AP 5.257 (Paul. Sil.).
II. ὀποῦ καρπός,
= σιλφίου σπέρμα , Hp. ap. Gal. 19.126 ; and so prob. in Ar. Ec. 404 , Pl. 719 ; butὀπὸς σιλφίουsilphiumjuice,
Hp. Acut. 23 , cf. 37 ,Acut.(Sp.)
48 , Thphr. HP 6.3.2 ; soὀπόςalone, Gal. 12.90 .