ὄψον, τό,
cooked or otherwise prepared food, a made dish, eaten with bread and wine, ἐν δὲ.. σῖτον καὶ οἶνον ἔθηκεν, ὄψα τε [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.480; ἐν δέ οἱ ἀσκὸν ἔθηκε.. οἴνοιο.., ἐν δὲ καὶ ᾖα κωρύκῳ, ἐν δέ οἱ ὄψα τίθει 5.267, compare 6.77, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.489; παμπόνηρον ὄ. ὁ γέρανος 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 87; ἄρτον,.. οἶνον.., ὄψον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.138 (taken in signification 3 by 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.57); ἄρτους,.. ὄψον.., οἶνον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 518c; ὄ. ὀπτόν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1106, compare “Av.” 900 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐσθίουσι ἐπὶ τῷ σίτῳ ὄ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.14.2, compare 3.14.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῷ ὄ. (cuisine) τε καὶ τῷ οἴνῳ χαίροντα μᾶλλον ἢ τοῖς φίλοις[[ [prev. work] 1.5.4; ὄ. ἕξουσιν, ἅλας τε δηλονότι καὶ ἐλάας καὶ τυρόν, καὶ βολβοὺς καὶ λάχανά γε, οἷα δὴ ἐν ἀγροῖς ἑψήματα, ἑψήσονται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 372c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to τραγήματα, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Clearchus Historicus 65 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὄψα.. καὶ τραγήματα, ὄψα.. καὶ μύρα, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 372e, 373a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Σικελικὴ ποικιλία ὄψου[[ [prev. work] 404d; φακῆν, ἥδιστον ὄψων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 23 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν ἔγχελυν.. ὄψων μέγιστον the greatest of delicacies, [[ 4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 39.6 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὄ. δὲ ταὐτὸν ἀεί ποτε πᾶσίν ἐστιν, ὕειον κρέας ἑφθόν (in the Spartan φειδίτια) [[ 4th c.BC: Dicaearchus Geographus Hist. 23; εἷς ἄρτος, ὄ. ἰσχάς 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 85, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [τέχνη] ἡ τοῖς ὄ. (dishes) τὰ ἡδύσματα (sauces, seasonings) [ἀποδιδοῦσα μαγειρικὴ καλεῖται] [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 332d, compare “Tht.” 175e, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.99d; ὄ. ὀξέα καὶ δριμέα καὶ ἁλμυρά 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.31; τοὺς παῖδας διδάσκομεν.. τῇ δεξιᾷ λαμβάνειν τοῦ ὄ. τῇ δ᾽ ἀριστερᾷ κρατεῖν τὸν ἄρτον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.99d: _metaphorically_, ὄ. δὲ λόγοι φθονεροῖσι] Refs 5th c.BC+] are a treat to the envious, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 8.21. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]