ὄμφαξ, ᾰκος, ἡ
(ὁ [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.138e,648f, “Geoponica” 4.15.13)] Refs 1st c.AD+], unripe grape [[compare (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.5), πάροιθε δέ τ᾽ ὄμφακές εἰσιν ἄνθος ἀφιεῖσαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.125; ὅτ᾽ ὄ. αἰόλλονται 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 399: _sing._ as collective, ὅταν δὲ τεύχῃ Ζεὺς ἀπ᾽ ὄμφακος πικρᾶς οἶνον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 970; so frequently in 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus, “Ulc.” 12 ] Refs 8th c.BC+],Acut.(Sp.) [[ 65, +others,compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.648f; εἶτ᾽ ἦμαρ αὔξει μέσσον ὄμφακος τύπον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 255.5 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of other fruits, as olives, [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 5.67. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II metaphorically, young girl not yet ripe for marriage, [[ Anthologia Graeca 5.19 (1st c.BC(?): Honestus Epigrammaticus), 12.205 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus), “JRS” 18.30 (from Tembris) ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; τί τρυγᾷς ὄμφακας ἡλικίη; (epitaph of a boy, addressed to Pluto) [[ “IG” 14.769 (from Naples). ] Refs]
__II.2 the unripe hard breasts of a young girl, ὄμφακα μαζοῦ [[ 3rd-4th c.AD: Tryphiodorus Epicus 34 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; but ὄμφακι μαζῷ, as adjective, [[ 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 1.71, 48.957; compare ὀμφάκιον 11. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II.3 ὄμφακας βλέπειν look sour grapes, look sour (compare βλέπω II), [[ “Comica Adespota” 877: hence τὰς ὀφρῦς σχάσασθε καὶ τὰς ὄ.] Refs] your scornful brows and sourgrape looks, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 32; compare ὀμφακίας 11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]