ὀπόεις

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ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγωhowever, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess

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Transliteration A: opóeis Transliteration B: opoeis Transliteration C: opoeis Beta Code: o)po/eis

English (LSJ)

εσσα, εν, A juicy, ἐρινοί Nic.Al.319. II as place name, Opus, Il.2.531, IG9(1).334.33 (v B. C.), etc.; Ὀπούντιοι, οἱ, name of a section of the Locrians, Th.1.108, etc.; Locr. Ὁπούντιοι SIG597 B2; also Ὁπόντιοι IG9(1).334.39, and uncontr. Ὁποέντιος ib.7.393.2 (Oropus).

German (Pape)

[Seite 361] εσσα, εν, saftig, saftreich, Nic. Al. 318.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ὀπόεις: εσσα, εν, πλήρης ὀποῦ, Νικ. Ἀλεξιφ. 319.

Greek Monolingual

ὀπόεις, -εσσα, -εν (Α)
1. γεμάτος με οπό, γαλακτώδης, χυμώδης («ὀπόεντας ἐρινεούς», Νίκ.)
2. ως κύριο όν. Ὀπόεις και Ὀποῦς
ονομασία λοκρικής πόλεως, που οι κάτοικοι της ονομάζονταν Ὀπούντιοι και Ὀποέντιοι και Ὀπόντιοι («οἳ Κῡνόν τ' ἐνέμοντ' Ὀπόεντά τε Καλλίαρόν τε», Ομ. Ιλ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὀπός + κατάλ. -όεις].