ὀψέ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /op.sé/ → /opˈse/ → /opˈse/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /op.sé/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /opˈse/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /opˈse/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /opˈse/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /opˈse/

Adverb

ὀψέ • (opsé)

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

Descendants

• Greek: εψές (epsés)
• → 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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • late idem, page 478.