- ὄψον
- ὄψονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `side-food esp. meat', in Athens etc. esp. `fish' (Il.).Compounds: Compp., e.g. ὀψο-ποιός m. `cook' (IA.), εὔ-οψος `rich of side-food, esp. fish' (middl. com.). ὀψ-αρτυ-τής m. `cook' with -τικός, -σία (com.), backformation ὀψαρτύ-ω (hell.).Derivatives: Dimin. ὀψάριον n. (com., pap.), NGr. ψάρι `fish'. ὀψ-ών-ης m. `side-food buyer, trader' (Ar.Fr.503) with -ία, -έω (Critias, Ar.), -ιον n. "meant for buying ὄψον", `cash salary, wages' (hell.) with -ιάζω etc.; Lat. LW [loanword] opsōnium m. `side-food', opsōnāre ( : ὀψωνέω) with -ātor (\> ὀψωνάτωρ), cf. W.-Hofmann s.v. w. lit.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Unexplained. By Schulze Q. 498 f. analysed as ὄ-ψ-ον as "das Zugekaute (what is chewed at (it)", to ψῆν, ψω-μός; formation as ὄ-ζ-ος `branch'; details in Bechtel Lex. s.v. -- Earlier (s. Curtius 709) connected with ἕψω and ὀπτός. - The word could well be Pre-Greek,Page in Frisk: 2,459
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.