Ὠψίκασιν

they have come late

Translated by Catharine Roth5 Sep 2005Vetting: high3 revisions

9 words

[Meaning] they were slow. For the verb is o)yi/zw.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὠψίκασιν· ἐβράδυναν. Ὀψίζω γὰρ τὸ ῥῆμα.

Betacode

*)wyi/kasin: e)bra/dunan. *)oyi/zw ga\r to\ r(h=ma.

Notes

The headword is the perfect, third person singular, of this verb; presumably quoted from somewhere but unattested outside lexicography. Cf. omega 293.

Linked from1 entry

ω293Ὠψίσθηwas delayed, was kept late[Meaning came] late, came slowly [because] was constrained by night. "[Diopeithes] was on one occasion through no fault of his own kept late and stayed over in Peiraeus." Aelian says [this] in On divine manifestations.

Neighbouring entries

ω290Ὤψface ω291ὮψαI saw ω292Ὠψίκασινthey have come late ω293Ὠψίσθηwas delayed, was kept late ω294Ὡψοπόνοςfood-worker; sous-chef

Revision history3 revisions · last 10 Oct 2023

10 Oct 2023cross-reference — Catharine Roth
4 Nov 2013Revised — David Whitehead
6 Sep 2005augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
5 Sep 2005Translated — Catharine Roth