ὀψέ

opse

after a long time, at length, late

Appears 13 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 6
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Book III 1
Chapter 17 520a6–520b2

520b2
Book VI 3
Chapter 3 561a4–562b2

561a20

Chapter 17 570a25–571b2

570b23

Chapter 19 573b17–574a15

574a4
Book VII 2
Chapter 10 587a9–587b18

587b11
587b13
Generation of Animals 3
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Book II 3
Chapter 6 741b25–745b20

744a22
744a34
744b1
Poetics 2
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Chapter 4 1448b4–1449a31

1449a20
Chapter 5 1449a32–1449b20

1449b2
Rhetoric 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 26 1403a16–1404a5

1403b23
1403b36

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀψέ, Aeol. ὄψι (q. v.), Adv. A. after a long time, at length, late, ἔκ τε καὶ ὀ. τελεῖ, opp. αὐτίκα, Il. 4.161; ὀ. κακῶς ἔλθοι Od. 9.534, etc.; ὀ. διδάσκεσθαι, μανθάνειν, to be late in learning, learn too late, A. Ag. 1425, S. OC 1264; ὀψέ γε φρονεῖς εὖ E. Or. 99; also ὀ. δή Il. 7.399, etc.; ὀ. γοῦν A. l.c.; ὀ. περ Pi. N. 3.80. b. ὀ. ἀφʼ οὗ . . it is not long since . . , Th. 1.14. 2. late in the day, at even, Il. 21.232, Od. 5.272, Th. 4.106, etc.; ὀφλεῖν . . ὀ. ὁδοῦ incur a penalty for being out late at night, Pl. Cra. 433a (dub.); late in the season, Hes. Op. 485; ὀ. ἦν, ὀ. ἐγίγνετο, it was, it was getting, late, X. An. 2.2.16, 3.4.36; ἡ μάχη ἐτελεύτα ἐς (v.l. ἕως) ὀ. did not end till late, Th. 3.108; so ἐς ὀψέ Id. 8.23; but εἰς ὀ. ψηφίζεσθαι continue voting till late in the day, D. 57.15. 3. c. gen., ὀ. τῆς ἡμέρας late in the day, ἤδη γὰρ τῆς ἡμέρας ὀ. ἦν Th. 4.93, cf. X. HG 2.1.23; τῆς δʼ ὥρας ἐγίγνετʼ ὀ. D. 21.84; ὀ. τῆς ἡλικίας late in life, Luc. Dem.Enc. 14, cf. Am. 37. 4. as Prep. c. gen., ὀ. τούτων after these things, Philostr. VA 6.10, cf. 4.18; so perh. ὀ. σαββάτων after the sabbath day, Ev.Matt. 28.1.—For the Comp. and Sup. Advbs.v. ὄψιος.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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