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|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.) :—[[roast]], [[broil]], 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> [[roast]] 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. ; [[broil]] or [[fry]] fish, Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>l.c., <span class="bibl">Crates Com.17</span>, al.; [[fry]] an egg, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLit.Lond.</span> 170</span> (i A. D.); [[toast]] 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> [[bake]] 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, [[bake]], [[burn]], <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> [[bake]], [[scorch]], 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>