roast, broil,
ὀπτάω,pf.
A.
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.) :—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 roastsome meat, Od. 15.98 ; then in Hdt. 9.120 , Ar. Av. 1690 , X. Cyr. 8.2.6 , etc. ;broilorfryfish, Ar. Fr. l.c., Crates Com. 17 , al.;fryan egg, PLit.Lond. 170
(i A. D.);toastcheese, Eub. 150.2 .—Hence it appears thatὀπτᾶνwas used of all kinds ofcooking by means of fireordry 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. bakebread, 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
Bion Fr. 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 .
