ὄψιμος, ὄψιμον (ὀψέ), late, latter (Homer, Iliad 2, 325; ὀψιμωτατος σπόρος, Xenophon, oec. 17, 4f; ἐν τοῖς ὀψιμοις τῶν ὑδάτων, of the time of subsidence of the waters of the Nile, Diodorus 1, 10; (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 51f)): ὄψιμον ὑετόν, the latter or vernal rain, which falls chiefly in the months of March and April just before the harvest (opposed to the autumnal or πρώϊμος (cf. B. D. under the word )), Jas_5:7 (but L T Tr WH omit ὑετόν, the Sinaiticus manuscript and a few other authorities substitute καρπόν); the Sept. for ξΗμΐχεωΡ, Deu_11:14; Jer_5:24; Hos_6:3; Joe_2:23; Zec_10:1.

ὄψιμος opsimos 1x late; latter, Jas_5:7 ; poetic and later prose for ὄψιος * evening.

ὄψιμος , -ον ( < ὀψέ ), [in LXX : Deu_11:14 , Pro_16:15 , Hos_6:4 (3), Joe_2:23 , Zec_10:1 , Jer_5:24 ( H4456 ), Exo_9:32 ( H648 ) * ;] poλt. and late for ὄψιος , late: ὑετὸς ὄ ., the latter rain ( v. DB , s.v. "rain"), with ellipsis of ὑετός ( v. WM , 740), Ja 57.†

ὄψιμος [page 471] late, as in Jas_5:7 (cf. Exo_9:32 : also Xen, Oec. xvii. 4), occurs in PSI IV. 433 .2 (B.C. 261 0) τὰ μὲν οὖν παρ᾽ ἐμοὶ ὄψιμα ὄντα ὑπάρξει εἰς φυτείαν . For the comparative cf. P Flor II. 134 *.9 (A.D. 260) ὁ καιρὸς νῦν ἐστιν ὀψιμώτερος , the season is now rather late, similarly P Fay 133 .9 (iv/A.D.), and for the adverb cf. P Tebt I. 72 .361 (B.C. 114 3) διὰ τ [ὸ ] ὀψίμως σπαρῆν [αι , and P Oxy III. 474 .24 (A.D. 184 ?) οὐδέν ἐστιν τὸ καλούμενον ὀψίμως ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ περιγεγραμμένον .

ὄψιμος ὄψι^μος, ον, [Etym: ὀψέ] [Etym: poetic for ὄψιος] "late, slow", τέρας ὄψ. a prognostic "late of fulfilment", Il. :— "late in the season", Xen. , NTest.

ὄψιμος, -ον (ὀψέ), [in LXX: Deu.11:14, Pro.16:15, Hos.6:4 (3), Jol.2:23, Zec.10:1, Jer.5:24 (מַלְקוֹשׁ), Exo.9:32 (אָפִיל)* ;] poët. and late for ὄψιος, late: ὑετὸς ὄ., the latter rain (see DB, see word "rain"), with ellipsis of ὑετός (see WM, 740), Ja 57.† (AS)