UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: late rain, spring rain

Semantic entry: 14.13

Semantic domains: Physical Events and States

Subdomains: Rain

Definition: (derivative of ὄψιος ‘late,’ 67.76: ὀψέ / 67.76: ὄψιος, 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

Notes: See πρόϊμος ‘early rain’ (14.14: πρόϊμος) for a discussion of problems involving ‘late rain’ and ‘early rain.’