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|Full diacritics=ὀπτάω
|Medium diacritics=ὀπτάω
|Low diacritics=οπτάω
|Capitals=ΟΠΤΑΩ
|Transliteration A=optáō
|Transliteration B=optaō
|Transliteration C=optao
|Beta Code=o)pta/w
|Definition=pf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ὤπτηκα <span class="bibl">Euphro 1.5</span> : irreg. part. Pass. ὀπτεύμενος <span class="bibl">Theoc.7.55</span>: Dor. pres. part. ὀπτᾶντες <span class="bibl">Epich.164</span>: fut. Med. <b class="b3">ὀπτήσομαι</b> (in pass. sense) <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Asin.</span>31</span> : aor. Pass., ὀπτηθῆναι <span class="bibl">Od.20.27</span> : pf. Pass. ὤπτημαι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>627</span>: (<b class="b3">ὀπτός</b> (A), q. v.) :—<b class="b2">roast, broil</b>, κρέα ὤπτων <span class="bibl">Od.3.33</span>, etc. ; σπλάγχνα δ' ἄρ' ὀπτήσαντες ἐνώμων <span class="bibl">20.252</span> ; ὤπτησάν τε περιφραδέως <span class="bibl">Il.1.466</span>,<span class="bibl">2.429</span> : also c. gen. partit., <b class="b3">ὀπτῆσαί τε κρεῶν</b> <b class="b2">roast</b> some meat, <span class="bibl">Od.15.98</span> ; then in <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.120</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1690</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.2.6</span>, etc. ; <b class="b2">broil</b> or <b class="b2">fry</b> fish, Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>l.c., <span class="bibl">Crates Com.17</span>, al.; <b class="b2">fry</b> an egg, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLit.Lond.</span> 170</span> (i A. D.); <b class="b2">toast</b> cheese, <span class="bibl">Eub.150.2</span>.—Hence it appears that <b class="b3">ὀπτᾶν</b> was used of all kinds of <b class="b2">cooking by means of fire</b> or <b class="b2">dry heat</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἕψω</b> (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 <span class="bibl">Eub.120</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">bake</b> bread, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.47</span> ; <b class="b3">ὅκως ὀπτῷτο</b> (v.l. [[ὀπτῴη]]) ὁ ἄρτος <span class="bibl">Id.8.137</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.4.29</span>; ὀπτᾶν πλακοῦντας <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>507</span> ; also of bricks or pottery, <b class="b2">bake, burn</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.179</span> ; καλῶς ὠπτημένη [χύτρα] <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Hp.Ma.</span>288d</span>; ὁ ὀπτώμενος κέραμος <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Mete.</span>383a21</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">bake, scorch</b>, of the sun, ἐπεὶ τόκα μ' ἅλιος ὀπτῇ <span class="bibl">Bion<span class="title">Fr.</span>15.12</span> ; ἡ γῆ ὀπτᾶται ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>16.14</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> metaph. (as we say), <b class="b2">'roast'</b> a man, τοῦτον ὀπτᾶν καὶ στρέφειν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span> 839</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Sopat.6.9</span> (Pass.):—Pass., of the fire of love, ὀπτεύμενον ἐξ Ἀφροδίτας <span class="bibl">Theoc.7.55</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">23.34</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>12.92.7 (Mel.): so, prob., in Act., Sapph.115.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0363.png Seite 363]] poet. auch [[ὀπτέω]] (verwandt mit ἕψω), <b class="b2">braten, rösten</b>; bei Hom. immer vom Zubereiten des Fleisches über dem Feuer, κρέα ὤπτων, Od. 3, 33 u. öfter, ὤπτησαν δὲ περιφραδέως, Il. 2, 429 u. öfter, auch mit dem gen. partit., ὀπτῆσαί τε κρεῶν, Od. 15, 98, auch pass., ὀπτηθῆναι, 20, 27; κρέα, Ar. Av. 1689; Comic. bei Ath. öfter; vom Brote, [[ὅκως]] ὀπτῷτο ὁ [[ἄρτος]], Her. 8, 137, wie Xen. An. 5, 4, 29; πλακοῦντας, Ar. Ran. 508; τὰ κρέα ἕψειν καὶ ὀπτᾶν, Plat. Euthvd. 301 c; Folgde; von ἕψειν unterschieden, Philochor. bei Ath. XIV, 656 a; Xen. Cyr. 8, 2, 6. – Uebertr. sagt Ar. ὀπτᾶν καὶ στρέφειν τινά, Lys. 839; vgl. Xen. Oec. 16, 14, wo es von dem Ausdörren des Landes durch die Sonne gesagt ist; von der Liebesglut, wie torrere, Theocr. 7, 55, ὀπτεύμενον ἐξ Ἆφροδίτης, vgl. 23, 34; ὀπτᾶσθ' ἐν κάλλει, Mel. 4 (XII, 92); vgl. Callim. 12 (XII, 134). – Auch von irdenen Geschirren, Töpferwaaren, <b class="b2">brennen</b>; [[καλῶς]] ὠπτημένη [[χύτρα]], Plat. Hipp. mai. 288 d; Sp., wie Luc. Lexiph. 7, der ὀπτήσομαι pass. gebraucht, Asin. 31.
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