παρ-οψίς, -ίδος, ἡ
(παρά, ὄψον; see: ὀψάριον),
__1. a side-dish of dainties (Xen., al.).
__2. In Comic poets and late prose, the dish itself on which the dainties are served: Mat.23:25-26 (In this sense it is condemned by the Atticists; see Rutherford, NPhr., 265 f.)†
(AS)