ὀψέ

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi (“on”); related to ὀπίσω (opísō, “after”) and ὄπισθεν (ópisthen, “in the future”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Adverb

ὀψέ • (opsé)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

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

References

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

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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