όψιμος
See also: ὄψιμος
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek ὄψιμος (ópsimos) from ὀψέ (opsé, adverb).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈo.psi.mos/
- Hyphenation: ό‧ψι‧μος
Adjective
όψιμος • (ópsimos) m (feminine όψιμη, neuter όψιμο)
- late
- (of a function or physiological condition) delayed, who appears later than expected
- (of a plant) which ripens slowly (later than others)
- (of a human action) too late (also used sarcastically)
- Το όψιμο ενδιαφέρον της κυβέρνησης δε θα λύσει κανένα πρόβλημα.
- To ópsimo endiaféron tis kyvérnisis de tha lýsei kanéna próvlima.
- The government's delayed interest will not solve any problem. (will solve no problem)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | όψιμος (ópsimos) | όψιμη (ópsimi) | όψιμο (ópsimo) | όψιμοι (ópsimoi) | όψιμες (ópsimes) | όψιμα (ópsima) | |
| genitive | όψιμου (ópsimou) | όψιμης (ópsimis) | όψιμου (ópsimou) | όψιμων (ópsimon) | όψιμων (ópsimon) | όψιμων (ópsimon) | |
| accusative | όψιμο (ópsimo) | όψιμη (ópsimi) | όψιμο (ópsimo) | όψιμους (ópsimous) | όψιμες (ópsimes) | όψιμα (ópsima) | |
| vocative | όψιμε (ópsime) | όψιμη (ópsimi) | όψιμο (ópsimo) | όψιμοι (ópsimoi) | όψιμες (ópsimes) | όψιμα (ópsima) | |
Synonyms
- sense (delayed): καθυστερημένος (kathysteriménos, participle)
- sense (at a late phase): ύστερος (ýsteros)
Antonyms
Related terms
- απόψε (apópse, “tonight”, adverb) & related
- οψιανθής (opsianthís, “late-blooming”, adjective)
- οψιγαμία f (opsigamía)
- οψίγαμος (opsígamos, adjective)
- οψιγενής (opsigenís, “after father's death; late”, adjective)
- οψιγέννητος (opsigénnitos, adjective)
- όψιμα n pl (ópsima, “late [fruits]”)
- όψιμα (ópsima, adverb)
- οψιμάδι n (opsimádi)
- οψιμάθεια f (opsimátheia, “opsimathy”)
- οψιμαθής (opsimathís, “late to learn, opsimath”, adjective)
- οψιμαθώς (opsimathós, adverb) (learned)
- οψιμιά f (opsimiá) (folksy)
- οψιμοθερίζω (opsimotherízo)
- οψιμότητα f (opsimótita)
- οψίμως (opsímos, adverb) (learned)
- οψίπλουτος (opsíploutos, adjective)
- οψίτυπος (opsítypos, adjective)
- οψιφανής (opsifanís, adjective)
- and see: ψες (pses, “yesterday”, adverb) (folksy) & related terms
See also
Further reading
- όψιμος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- όψιμος - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.