Lexicon / G8578
ὄψον
opson
  • fish

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Glosses: fish

1. properly, cooked meat , or, generally, meat , opposite to bread and other provisions, (Homer)

2. anything eaten with bread or food , to give it flavour and relish, κρόμυον, ποτῷ ὄψον onions, a zest or relish to wine, (Iliad by Homer); ἐσθίουσι ἐπὶ τῷ σίτῳ ὄψον (Xenophon Historicus)

3. seasoning, sauce , (Plato Philosophus); κολλύραν καὶ κόνδυλον ὄψον ἐπ᾽ αὐτῇ pudding and knuckle- sauce withal, (Aristophanes Comicus); λιμῷ ὅσαπερ ὄψῳ διαχρῆσθε, i. e. "hunger is the best sauce," (Xenophon Historicus)

4. generally, dainty fare , in plural dainties , (Plato Philosophus)

5. at Athens, mostly, fish , the chief dainty of the Athenians, (Aristophanes Comicus)

6. the fish-market , (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)