ὀψέ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi; related to ὀπίσω (opísō, after) and ὄπισθεν (ópisthen, in the future).

Pronunciation

 

Adverb

ὀψέ • (opsé)

  1. late
  2. long after
  3. late in the day, in the evening

Descendants

  • Greek: εψές (epsés)
  • Greek: απόψε (apópse)
  • English: opsigamy, opsimath

Further reading

  • ὀψέ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ὀψέ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ὀψέ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
    • late idem, page 478.
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