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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-

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ὀπίσθιος ὀπισθίᾱ ὀπίσθιον
Genitive ὀπισθίου ὀπισθίᾱς ὀπισθίου
Dative ὀπισθίῳ ὀπισθίᾱͅ ὀπισθίῳ
Accusative ὀπίσθιον ὀπισθίᾱν ὀπίσθιον
Vocative ὀπίσθιε ὀπισθίᾱ ὀπίσθιον
DualN/A/V ὀπισθίω ὀπισθίᾱ ὀπισθίω
G/D ὀπισθίοιν ὀπισθίαιν ὀπισθίοιν
PluralNominative ὀπίσθιοι ὀπίσθιαι ὀπίσθια
Genitive ὀπισθίων ὀπισθιῶν ὀπισθίων
Dative ὀπισθίοις ὀπισθίαις ὀπισθίοις
Accusative ὀπισθίους ὀπισθίᾱς ὀπίσθια
Vocative ὀπίσθιοι ὀπίσθιαι ὀπίσθια
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ὀπίσθιος ὀπισθίου ὀπισθιώτερος ὀπισθιωτέρου ὀπισθιώτατος ὀπισθιωτάτου
Adverb ὀπισθίως ὀπισθιώτερον ὀπισθιώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ δύο στύλουσ ποιήσεισ ἐπὶ τῶν γωνιῶν τῆσ σκηνῆσ ἐκ τῶν ὀπισθίων. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 26:23)
  • καὶ πέντε μοχλοὺσ τῷ στύλῳ τῷ ἑνὶ κλίτει τῆσ σκηνῆσ τῷ δευτέρῳ, καὶ πέντε μοχλοὺσ τῷ στύλῳ τῷ ὀπισθίῳ τῷ κλίτει τῆσ σκηνῆσ τῷ πρὸσ θάλασσαν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 26:27)
  • καὶ ἐποίησαν δύο δακτυλίουσ χρυσοῦσ καὶ ἐπέθηκαν ἐπὶ τὰ δύο πτερύγια ἐπ̓ ἄκρου τοῦ λογείου καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ ὀπισθίου τῆσ ἐπωμίδοσ ἔσωθεν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 36:27)
  • καὶ ἐγένετο ὡσ ἐμνήσθη τῆσ κιβωτοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ἔπεσεν ἀπὸ τοῦ δίφρου ὀπισθίωσ ἐχόμενοσ τῆσ πύλησ, καὶ συνετρίβη ὁ νῶτοσ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπέθανεν, ὅτι πρεσβύτησ ὁ ἄνθρωποσ καὶ βαρύσ. καὶ αὐτὸσ ἔκρινε τὸν Ἰσραὴλ εἴκοσιν ἔτη. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 4:18)
  • 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)
  • Τὸ γὰρ ὀστέον τοῦτο οὐ σμικρόν ἐστι, καὶ ὑπερέχει μὲν ὑπὸ τὴν ἰθυωρίην τῆσ κνήμησ, κοινωνέει δὲ φλεψὶ καὶ νεύροισιν ἐπικαίροισιν‧ ὁ τένων δὲ ὁ ὀπίσθιοσ τούτῳ προσήρτηται τῷ ὀστέῳ. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 11.2)

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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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