- ὄψιος
- ὄψιος, α, ον, ([etym.] ὀψέ)A late,
ὀψίᾳ ἐν νυκτί Pi.I.4(3).35(53)
;ὅταν ἔαρ ὄ. γένηται Arist.HA553b20
, cf. 627b20; ὄ. σῦκα, πυροί, etc., Thphr. HP2.8.1, 8.4.3, etc.; [ᾠὰ] τὰ μὲν πρώϊα τὰ δ' ὄ. Arist.HA543a10; cf. ὀψία.II [dialect] Att. [comp] Comp. ὀψιαίτερος, α, ον, later, Id.Mete.362a24, al., Thphr.CP1.10.5: [comp] Sup. ὀψιαίτατος, η, ον, X.HG5.4.3: hence ὀψιαίτερον as Adv., [comp] Comp. of ὀψέ, Pl.Cra.433a, Thphr.HP3.2.1, Eub.119.11: [comp] Sup. ὀψιαίτατα, opp. πρωϊαίτατα, Pl.Prt.326c, X.HG4.5.18, etc.: also [comp] Comp. ὀψιέστερος as v.l. in Thphr. (CP4.8.3, HP3.4.6): also shortd. formὀψιτέρα, ἅλωσις Pi.Pae.6.82
;ὀψίτερον Plu.2.119c
;ὀψίτατον Poll.1.69
;ὀψίτερον τῆς ὥρας BGU759.6
(ii A. D.), cf. PTeb.230 (ii B. C.).
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