The corpus record

ὀψῐμᾰθ-ής

opsimathes

late in learning, late to learn

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Where it lives

Helen 1 · 2.68/10k
Panathenaicus 1 · 0.63/10k
Sophist 1 · 0.62/10k
Cyropaedia 2 · 0.25/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

ὀψῐμᾰθ-ής · opsimath-ēs — LSJ

late in learning, late to learn, scis quam sint insolentes

late in learning, late to learn, Isoc. 10.2, Pl. Sph. 251b, Epicur. Fr. 173; ὀψιμαθεῖς scis quam sint insolentes, Cic. Fam. 9.20.2: c. gen., τῶν πλεονεξιῶν X. Cyr. 1.6.35; κακῶν Isoc. 12.96; τῆς ἀδικίας οἷόν ἐστιν Pl. R. 409b.

II vain of late-gotten learning, pedantic

vain of late-gotten learning, pedantic, Thphr. Char. 27, Timae. 70, Luc. Salt. 33.

In the wild

ὀψιμαθής · opsimathēs Isocrates, Helen 2 (DIORISIS sentence 5)
ὀψιμαθεῖς · opsimatheis Isocrates, Panathenaicus 96 (DIORISIS sentence 171)
ὀψιμαθῆ · opsimathē Plato, Republic 3.409 (DIORISIS sentence 1947)
ὀψιμαθέσι · opsimathesi Plato, Sophist 251
ὀψιμαθῆ · opsimathē Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.6.35 (DIORISIS sentence 634)
ὀψιμαθεῖς · opsimatheis Xenophon, Cyropaedia 3.3.37 (DIORISIS sentence 1605)

Where it came from

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