- ὄψιος
- ὄψιος, α, ον (ὀψέ)① as adj. (Pind. [Isth. 4, 38f ὀψίᾳ ἐν νυκτί=late in the night] et al.; PTebt 304, 5 ὀψίας τῆς ὥρας γενομένης; BGU 380, 3) pert. to a point in time that is relatively later than another point of time, late, ὀψίας ἤδη οὔσης τῆς ὥρας since the hour was already late Mk 11:11 (s. ὀψέ 2).② In our lit. mostly subst. ἡ ὀψία (sc. ὥρα; B-D-F §241, 3) the period between late afternoon and darkness, evening (Ael. Aristid. 48, 50 K.=24 p. 478 D.; POxy 475, 16 [182 A.D.] ὀψίας ‘in the evening’; 528, 5 καθʼ ἑκάστης ἡμέρας καὶ ὀψίας; PGM 1, 69; Jdth 13:1 ὡς ὀψία ἐγένετο) usu. in the combination ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης when evening came (Syntipas p. 49, 11; TestSol 1:42; Jos., Ant. 5, 7) Mt 8:16; 14:15, 23; 20:8; 26:20; 27:57; Mk 1:32 (the double expr. ὀψ. γενομένης, ὅτε ἔδυσεν ὁ ἥλ. is like Herm. Wr. 1, 29); Hs 9, 11, 6. ὀψίας γενομένης in the evening Mt 16:2; Mk 4:35; 6:47; 14:17. ἤδη ὀψ. γενομένης 15:42. Also οὔσης ὀψίας (Jos., Ant. 5, 140) J 20:19. ὡς ὀψ. ἐγένετο (s. Jdth above) 6:16. The context oft. makes it easier to decide just what time is meant, whether before or after sundown.—B. 997. DELG s.v. ὀψέ. M-M.
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