ὄψον

Nominal derivative from an unattested *ὄψ (*óps), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁op-s, a derivative of *h₁epi (“on, near”); delicacies were considered side-dishes and were eaten on top of bread and such. See also ὀψέ (opsé, “late, long after”), Latin obs- (“towards, against”).^[1]

ὄψον • (ópson) n (genitive ὄψου); second declension

1. delicacies, considered an integral component of an Ancient Greek meal; anything cooked/boiled and eaten with bread or sauce or as relish
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 11.629-631

     αὐτὰρ ἐπ᾽ αὐτῆς

     χάλκειον κάνεον, ἐπὶ δὲ κρόμυον ποτῷ ὄψον,

     ἠδὲ μέλι χλωρόν,

• → English: opson

• “ὄψον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὄψον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ὄψον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὄψον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ὄψον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ὄψον”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • condiment idem, page 157.
  • dainty idem, page 193.
  • delicacy idem, page 207.
  • dish idem, page 234.
  • morsel idem, page 541.
  • relish idem, page 691.
  • sauce idem, page 735.
  • savoury idem, page 736.
  • seasoning idem, page 746.
  • sop idem, page 794.
  • succulent idem, page 834.
  • toothsome idem, page 881.