ὀπτάω

ὀπτάω

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to fry, to roast, to bake' (Od.).

Other forms: ὀπτεύμενος (Theoc.), aor. ὀπτῆσαι (Il.), ὀπτηθῆναι (Od.), perf. ὤπτηκα, -ημαι (Euphro resp. Ar.), fut. ὀπτήσομαι (Luc.).

Compounds: Also w. prefix, e.g. ἐπ-, ἐξ-, κατ-, παρ-.

Derivatives: ὄπτησις f. `the frying' (Miletos V<sup>a</sup>, Hp., Arist.) with ὀπτήσιμος `fit for frying' (Eub., Arbenz 82), ὀπτ-ήτειρα f. adjunct of κάμινος (Call.). -ητήρια H. as explanation of ὠψά (alphabet. in wrong place, very doubtful); also ὀπτευτήρ m. `smith', of Hephaistos (Coluth. 54 [V--VI<sup>p</sup>]) as if from *ὀπτεύω; cf. καμινευτήρ a.o. As 2. member in γαστρ-όπτης, f. -όπτις `sausage fryer' (Delos IV--III^a; cf. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 243 a. 2, 115 with wrong root-analysis). Backformation ἔξ-οπτος `well done' (Hp.), from ἐξ-οπτάω (IA.). -- Beside ὀπτός `fried, roasted, baked' (Od.); with ὀπτ-αλέος `fried, roasted' (Hom., Ath.), first after αὑαλέος a. o. from ὀπτός enlarged; or with old λ : ν-variation(?) with ὀπτανός `fried, fit for frying' (com., Arist.), formed like ἑψανός with related meaning; on the type (Schwyzer 490 n. 3 w. lit.). To ὀπτανός further ὀπτάν-ιον `kitchen' (com., inscr.), -ικός `fit for frying' (pap. III^p), -εύς m. `kitchen master' (pap.; Bosshardt 66) with -εῖον (-ήϊον) `kitchen' (Plu., Luc., Hdn. Gr.); ὀπτανάριος assator, coctarius Gloss. -- On itself ὀπτασία f. about `the roasting, kiln' (PHolm. 9, 39 δὸς εἰς ὀπτασίαν ὀπτᾶσθαι), prob. to ὀπτάω after θερμασία v.t.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: As to the formation ὀπτάω belongs to the verbs in -τάω, ἀρτάω, φοιτάω, οὑτάω etc. (Schwyzer 705). As basis is generally considered and prob. correctly the verbal adj. ὀπτός (τὰ ὀπτά? Risch $ 112b, questioning). -- Further unclear. The connection with ὀβελός (Schwyzer Festschr. Kretschmer 251) has as root-etymolog a very limited worth. Diff. attempts to connect ὀπτός with πέσσω, in Prellwitz (s. Bq) and Benveniste Origines 157f. - Furnée 263 compares ὄψον `any cooked food', which seems a good possibility; the variation will be Pre-Greek.

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