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ὀπίσθιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀπίσθιος ὀπίσθιᾱ ὀπίσθιον

Structure: ὀπισθι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from o)/pisqen

Sense

  1. hinder, belonging to the hinder part, the hind-

Examples

  • καὶ δώδεκα βόεσ ὑποκάτω τῆσ θαλάσσησ, οἱ τρεῖσ ἐπιβλέποντεσ βορρᾶν καὶ οἱ τρεῖσ ἐπιβλέποντεσ θάλασσαν καὶ οἱ τρεῖσ ἐπιβλέποντεσ νότον καὶ οἱ τρεῖσ ἐπιβλέποντεσ ἀνατολήν, καὶ πάντα τὰ ὀπίσθια εἰσ τὸν οἶκον, καὶ ἡ θάλασσα ἐπ̓ αὐτῶν ἐπάνωθεν. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 7:13)
  • ᾗ ἐποίησαν αὐτούσ, δώδεκα μόσχουσ, οἱ τρεῖσ βλέποντεσ βορρᾶν καὶ οἱ τρεῖσ δυσμὰσ καὶ οἱ τρεῖσ νότον καὶ οἱ τρεῖσ κατ’ ἀνατολάσ, καὶ ἡ θάλασσα ἐπ’ αὐτῶν ἄνω, ἦσαν τὰ ὀπίσθια αὐτῶν ἔσω. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 4:4)
  • καὶ εἰσήγαγέ με εἰσ τὴν αὐλὴν οἴκου Κυρίου τὴν ἐσωτέραν, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐπὶ τῶν προθύρων τοῦ ναοῦ Κυρίου ἀναμέσον τῶν αἰλὰμ καὶ ἀναμέσον τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου ὡσ εἴκοσι ἄνδρεσ, τὰ ὀπίσθια αὐτῶν πρὸσ τὸν ναὸν τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ἀπέναντι, καὶ οὗτοι προσκυνοῦσι τῷ ἡλίῳ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 8:16)
  • σκέλη δὲ εἰ μὲν τὰ ὀπίσθια ἔχοιεν μείζω τῶν ἔμπροσθεν, τὰ ὄρθια ἂν μεταθέοιεν ἄμεινον· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 5 10:2)
  • ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον ὃσ ἂν τὴν ὀσφῦν ὑγράν τε καὶ βραχεῖαν καὶ ἰσχυρὰν ἔχῃ καὶ οὐ τὴν κατ’ οὐρὰν λέγομεν, ἀλλ’ ἣ πέφυκε μεταξὺ τῶν πλευρῶν καὶ τῶν ἰσχίων κατὰ τὸν κενεῶνα, οὗτοσ δυνήσεται πόρρω ὑποτιθέναι τὰ ὀπίσθια σκέλη ὑπὸ τὰ ἐμπρόσθια. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 11 3:2)
  • καὶ ἐὰν εἴπῃσ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σου. διατί ἀπήντησέ μοι ταῦτα̣ διὰ τὸ πλῆθοσ τῆσ ἀδικίασ σου ἀνεκαλύφθη τὰ ὀπίσθιά σου παραδειγματισθῆναι τὰσ πτέρνασ σου. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 13:22)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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