ὀψάριον

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

ὄψον (ópson, delicacy) +‎ -άριον (-árion, diminutive suffix).[1]

Noun

ὀψάριον (opsárionn (genitive ὀψάριου); second declension

  1. A little plate of food, in particular fish.
  2. (Koine) A fish.
    • John 6:9:
      Ἔστιν παιδάριον ὧδε ὃς ἔχει πέντε ἄρτους κριθίνους καὶ δύο ὀψάρια· ἀλλὰ ταῦτα τί ἐστιν εἰς τοσούτους;
      There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what are these among so many?

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: ψάρι (psári)
  • Mariupol Greek: псар (psar)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὄψον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1139-40

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