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ὄπτ-ησις

optesis · ἡ

roasting, frying

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What it meant

ὄπτ-ησις · opt-ēsis — LSJ

roasting, frying

roasting, frying, σπλάγχνων, opp. κρεῶν ἕψησις, SIG 57.34 (Milet. v B. C.), cf. Hp. Aff. 49, Arist. Mete. 381a23.

2 baking

baking, of bread, J. AJ 3.10.7, Ath. 3.109c (pl.); of pottery, BGU 1143.17 (i B. C.), Luc. Prom.Es 2.

3 overheating

overheating of humours, Gal. 13.335, 19.580.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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