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

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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