ὄψιμος
εἰ ἀποκρυπτόντων τῶν Μήδων τὸν ἥλιον ὑπὸ σκιῇ ἔσοιτο πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἡ μάχη καὶ οὐκ ἐν ἡλίῳ → if the Medes hid the sun, the battle would be to them in the shade and not in the sun
English (LSJ)
ον, (ὀψέ) poet. for ὄψιος,
A late, slow, τέρας ὄ. for (concerned with) a late time, Il.2.325: in Prose, late in the season, σπόρος X.Oec. 17.4, 5, but f.l. for ὄψιος in Thphr.HP1.9.7, al.; of crops, LXX Ex.9.32, PSI4.433.2 (iii B. C.), PCair.Zen.299.2 (iii B. C.); ἐν τοῖς ὀ. τῶν ὑδάτων D.S.1.10; ὑετὸς πρώϊμος καὶ ὄ. Ep.Jac.5.7: Comp., καιρὸς -ώτερος PFay.133.9 (iii A. D.); recent, ποιητική Plu.2.674f. Adv. -μως PTeb. 72.361 (ii B. C.), POxy.474.24 (ii A. D.), Procl. ad Hes.Op.483.
German (Pape)
[Seite 432] poet, = ὄψιος, spät; ὀψιμώτατος σπόρος, dem πρώιμος entggstzt, Xen. Oec. 17, 4; τέρας, ein spät in Erfüllung gehendes Zeichen, Il. 2, 325; auch in sp. Prosa, vgl. Lob. Phryn. 52.
