Gloss: to bake
Transliteration: optaō
Strong’s: G8541
1. to roast, broil , (Homer), etc.; with genitive partitive, ὀπτῆσαί τε κρεῶν to roast some meat, (Odyssey by Homer):—; 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 [<date>variant dates<author>Comica Adespota</author></date> 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, [<a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus">Refs 3rd c.BC</a>, <date>variant dates<author>Anthology Palantina</author></date>
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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, [<a href="javascript:void(0)" title="Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus">Refs 3rd c.BC</a>, <date>variant dates<author>Anthology Palantina</author></date>
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