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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

  • τὰσ πλευρὰσ οἱο͂́ν περ βατίσ, τὰν δ’ ὀπισθίαν ἔχεισ, Θεάγενεσ, οἱο͂́ν περ βάτοσ, τὰν δὲ κεφαλὰν ὀστέων οἱο͂́ν περ ἔλαφοσ, οὐ βατίσ, τὰν δὲ λαπάραν σκορπίοσ παίσαι θαλάττιοσ τεοῦ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 26 1:2)

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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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