ὀπτάω
optaōVerbG8541
to bake
Full Lexicon Entry
1.to roast, broil, (Homer), etc.; *ὀπτᾶν *was used of cooking by means of fire or dry heat, opposite to *ἕψω *to boil in water, which never appears in (Homer); and a [variant datesComica Adespota poet remarks that Homer's heroes ate only roast meat:—;Pass., aor1 infinitive *ὀπτηθῆναι *(Odyssey by Homer)
2.to bake bread, (Herdotus Historicus):—;also of bricks or pottery, to bake, burn, (Herdotus Historicus)
3.to bake, harden, of the sun, (Bion Bucolicus)
4.metaphorically in Pass. to be burned by love, [rd c.BC, variant datesAnthology Palantina
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