Quick Definition
ὄψιμος, ον Adj late in the year
Strong's Definition
from 3796; later, i.e. vernal (showering)
KJV Usage: latter
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | ὄψιος
14.13 · Physical Events and States · Rain
late rain, spring rain (derivative of ὄψιος ‘late,’ 67.76, and used absolutely of ‘late rain’) a rain that comes late in the season, that is to say, in April or May after the normal rains of the winter season have passed See πρόϊμος ‘early rain’ (14.14) for a discussion of problems involving ‘late rain’ and ‘early rain.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὄψιμος, -ov, (ὀψέ), late, latter, (Hom. Il. 2, 325; ὀψιμώ τατος σπόρος, Xen. oec. 17, 4 sq.; ἐν τοῖς ὀψίμοις τῶν ὑδά των, of the time of subsidence of the waters of the Nile, Diod. 1, 10; [ef. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 51 sq.]): dy. ὑετός, the latter or vernal rain, which falls chiefly in the months of March and April just before the harvest (opp. to the autumnal or mpwipos [cf. B. D.s. v. Rain]), Jas. v. 7 [but LT Tr WH om. ὑετόν, cod. Sin. and a few other authorities substitute καρπόν); Sept. for vIP?2, Deut. xi. 14; Jer. v. 24; Hos. vi. 3; Joel ii. 23; Zech. x. 1.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὄψιμος opsimos 1x
late; latter, Jas. 5:7; poetic and later prose for ὄψιος*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὄψιμος, -ον
(< ὀψέ), [in LXX: De 11:14, Pr 16:15, Ho 6:4 (3), Jl 2:23, Za 10:1, Je 5:24 (מַלְקוֹשׁ), Ex 9:32 (אָפִיל)*;] poët. and late for ὄψιος,
late: ὑετὸς ὄ., the latter rain (v. DB, s.v. "rain"), with ellipsis of ὑετός (v. WM, 740), Ja 5:7.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὄψιμος, “late,” as in Jas 57 (cf. Exod 952: also Xen. Oec. xvii. 4), occurs in PSI IV. 4332(B.c. 261-0) τὰ μὲν οὖν παρ᾽ ἐμοὶ ὄψιμα ὄντα ὑπάρξει εἰς φυτείαν. For the comparative cf. P Flor II. 13.4.9 (A.D. 260) 6 καιρὸς νῦν ἐστιν ὀψιμώτερος, “the season is now rather late,” similarly P Fay 133° (iv/A.D.), and for the adverb cf. P Tebt I. 7235] (B.c. 114-3) διὰ τὸ] ὀψίμως σπαρῆν[αι, and P Oxy III. 4745 (a.p. 184 ἢ) οὐδέν ἐστιν τὸ καλούμενον ὀψίμως ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ περιγεγραμμένον.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὄψιμος (opsimos) — late (rain). ὄψῐμος, ον, (ὀψέ) poetry for ὄψιος, late, slow, τέρας ὄ. for (concerned with) a late time, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: in Prose, late in the season, σπόρος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of crops, [LXX+3rd c.BC+]; ἐν τοῖς ὀ. τῶν ὑδάτων [NT+1st c.BC+]: comparative, καιρὸς -ώτερος [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; recent, ποιητική [Refs 1st c.AD+]. adverb -μως[Refs 8th c.BC+]