ὄψιμος
See also: όψιμος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὀψέ (opsé) + -ιμος (-imos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /óp.si.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈop.si.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈop.si.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈop.si.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈop.si.mos/
Adjective
ὄψῐμος • (ópsĭmos) m or f (neuter ὄψῐμον); second declension
- (usually poetic or Koine) late
- Synonym: ὄψιος (ópsios)
- c. 100 AD, Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales[1], 674f:
- τήν τε ποιητικὴν ἀπεφαίνομεν οὐκ ὄψιμον οὐδὲ νεαρὰν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἱεροὺς ἀγῶνας ἀφιγμένην, ἀλλὰ πρόπαλαι στεφάνων ἐπινικίων τυγχάνουσαν.
- tḗn te poiētikḕn apephaínomen ouk ópsimon oudè nearàn epì toùs hieroùs agônas aphigménēn, allà própalai stephánōn epinikíōn tunkhánousan.
- …and we showed that poetry did not come to the sacred games late or recently but was joined to the victors’ crowns very long ago.
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | ὄψῐμος ópsĭmos |
ὄψῐμον ópsĭmon |
ὀψῐ́μω opsĭ́mō |
ὀψῐ́μω opsĭ́mō |
ὄψῐμοι ópsĭmoi |
ὄψῐμᾰ ópsĭmă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ὀψῐ́μου opsĭ́mou |
ὀψῐ́μου opsĭ́mou |
ὀψῐ́μοιν opsĭ́moin |
ὀψῐ́μοιν opsĭ́moin |
ὀψῐ́μων opsĭ́mōn |
ὀψῐ́μων opsĭ́mōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ὀψῐ́μῳ opsĭ́mōi |
ὀψῐ́μῳ opsĭ́mōi |
ὀψῐ́μοιν opsĭ́moin |
ὀψῐ́μοιν opsĭ́moin |
ὀψῐ́μοις opsĭ́mois |
ὀψῐ́μοις opsĭ́mois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ὄψῐμον ópsĭmon |
ὄψῐμον ópsĭmon |
ὀψῐ́μω opsĭ́mō |
ὀψῐ́μω opsĭ́mō |
ὀψῐ́μους opsĭ́mous |
ὄψῐμᾰ ópsĭmă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ὄψῐμε ópsĭme |
ὄψῐμον ópsĭmon |
ὀψῐ́μω opsĭ́mō |
ὀψῐ́μω opsĭ́mō |
ὄψῐμοι ópsĭmoi |
ὄψῐμᾰ ópsĭmă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ὀψῐ́μως opsĭ́mōs |
ὀψῐμώτερος opsĭmṓteros |
ὀψῐμώτᾰτος opsĭmṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: όψιμος (ópsimos)
Further reading
- ὄψιμος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011