παρ-οψίς, -ίδος, ἡ

(παρά, ὄψον; see: ὀψάριον),

__1. a side-dish of dainties (Xen. al.).

__2. In Comic poets and late prose, the dish itself on which the dainties are served: Mat.23:25-26 (In this sense it is condemned by the Atticists; see Rutherford, NPhr. 265 f.)†

(AS)

a side-dish of dainties; the dish