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ὀψων-ία

opsonia · ἡ

purchase of fish, etc., catering

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Where it lives

Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3 · 0.28/10k

What it meant

ὀψων-ία · opsōn-ia — LSJ

purchase of fish, etc., catering

purchase of fish, etc., catering, Critias 60 D., Antiph. 184, Alex. 186.2; ἔφερε ἕκαστος . . πρὸς τούτοις (viz. food) εἰς ὀ. μικρόν τι κομιδῇ νομίσματος (in the Spartan φειδίτια) Plu. Lyc. 12, cf. Dicaearch.Hist. 23.

In the wild

ὀψωνίαν · opsōnian Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.8 (DIORISIS sentence 1615)
ὀψωνίαν · opsōnian Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.8 (DIORISIS sentence 1617)
ὀψωνίαν · opsōnian Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.8 (DIORISIS sentence 1606)

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