The corpus record

ὀψων-έω

opsoneo

buy fish and other dainties

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Where it lives

Wasps 2 · 2.06/10k
Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

ὀψων-έω · opsōn-eō — LSJ

buy fish and other dainties, buy victuals, cater

buy fish and other dainties, ὀψωνεῖν ἔοιχʼ ἅνθρωπος ἐπὶ τυραννίδι Ar. V. 495: c. acc., τριχίδας ὀ. Eup. 154; καρκίνους Ar. V. 1506; ὑπογάστρια Antiph. 192.1, etc.: generally, buy victuals, cater, X. Mem. 3.14.1: prov., Δελφοῖσι θύσας αὐτὸς ὀψωνεῖ κρέας ap. Plu. QConv. 2.709a.

In the wild

ὀψωνοῦντας · opsōnountas Aristophanes, Peace 1005 (DIORISIS sentence 693)
ὀψωνεῖν · opsōnein Aristophanes, Wasps 495 (DIORISIS sentence 366)
ὠψώνηκʼ · ōpsōnēkʼ Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 1102)
ὀψωνεῖ · opsōnei Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.8 (DIORISIS sentence 1678)
ὀψωνοῦντα · opsōnounta Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5074)
ὀψωνοῦντες · opsōnountes Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.14.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1531)

Where it came from

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