Ancient Greek

Noun

ὄψον • ‎(ópson) n ‎(genitive ὄψου); second declension

1. delicacies, considered an integral component of an Ancient Greek meal; anything cooked/boiled and eaten with bread or sauce or as relish
   • Homer, Iliad 11.629-631

     αὐτὰρ ἐπ᾽ αὐτῆς

     χάλκειον κάνεον, ἐπὶ δὲ κρόμυον ποτῷ ὄψον,

     ἠδὲ μέλι χλωρόν,

Inflection

Descendants

• English: opson
• Greek: ψάρι ‎(psári)

References

• ὄψον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὄψον in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὄψον in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ὄψον» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ὄψον» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ὄψον in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • condiment idem, page 157.
  • dainty idem, page 193.
  • delicacy idem, page 207.
  • dish idem, page 234.
  • morsel idem, page 541.
  • relish idem, page 691.
  • sauce idem, page 735.
  • savoury idem, page 736.
  • seasoning idem, page 745.
  • sop idem, page 794.
  • succulent idem, page 834.
  • toothsome idem, page 881.