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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

  • ταῖσ γοῦν προβοσκίσιν ἐπάλξεισ καθαιρεῖν καὶ δένδρα ἀνασπᾶν πρόρριζα διανισταμένουσ εἰσ τοὺσ ὀπισθίουσ πόδασ. (Strabo, Geography, book 15, chapter 1 86:12)

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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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