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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> pf. ὤπτηκα Euphro 1.5 : irreg. part. Pass. [[ὀπτεύμενος]] Theoc.7.55: Dor. pres. part. ὀπτᾶντες Epich.164: fut. Med. [[ὀπτήσομαι]] (in pass. sense) Luc.Asin.31 : aor. Pass., ὀπτηθῆναι Od.20.27 : pf. Pass. ὤπτημαι Ar.Fr.627: ([[ὀπτός]] (A), [[quod vide|q.v.]]) :—[[roast]], [[broil]], κρέα ὤπτων Od.3.33, etc.; σπλάγχνα δ' ἄρ' ὀπτήσαντες ἐνώμων 20.252; ὤπτησάν τε περιφραδέως Il.1.466,2.429 : also c. gen. partit., ὀπτῆσαί τε κρεῶν [[roast]] some [[meat]], Od.15.98; then in Hdt.9.120, Ar.Av.1690, X.Cyr.8.2.6, etc.; [[broil]] or [[fry]] [[fish]], Ar.Fr.l.c., Crates Com.17, al.; [[fry]] an egg, PLit.Lond. 170 (i A. D.); [[toast]] cheese, Eub.150.2.—Hence it appears that [[ὀπτᾶν]] was used of all kinds of [[cooking]] by means of [[fire]] or [[dry]] [[heat]], opp. [[ἕψω]] ([[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 Eub.120.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[bake]] [[bread]], Hdt.2.47; ὅκως ὀπτῷτο ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] ὀπτῴη) ὁ [[ἄρτος]] Id.8.137, cf. X.An.5.4.29; [[ὀπτᾶν]] [[πλακοῦς|πλακοῦντας]] Ar.Ra.507; also of [[brick]]s or [[pottery]], [[bake]], [[burn]], Hdt.1.179; καλῶς ὠπτημένη [[χύτρα]] Pl.Hp.Ma.288d; ὁ ὀπτώμενος [[κέραμος]] Arist. Mete.383a21.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[bake]], [[scorch]], of the sun, ἐπεὶ τόκα μ' ἅλιος ὀπτῇ BionFr.15.12; ἡ γῆ ὀπτᾶται ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου X.Oec.16.14.<br><span class="bld">4</span> metaph. (as we say), '[[roast]]' a [[man]], τοῦτον [[ὀπτᾶν]] καὶ [[στρέφειν]] Ar.Lys. 839, cf. Sopat.6.9 (Pass.):—Pass., of the [[fire]] of [[love]], ὀπτεύμενον ἐξ Ἀφροδίτας Theoc.7.55, cf. 23.34, AP12.92.7 (Mel.): so, prob., in Act., Sapph.115.