Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑστερόπους

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑστερόπους

Structure: ὑστεροποδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. coming late

Examples

  • ἀλλὰ φοβοῦμαι τόδε, μῶν ὑστερόπουσ βοηθῶ. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Parodos, strophe 32)
  • ὡσ ἀγαθὴ θεόσ ἐστι, δι’ ἣν ὑπὸ κόλπον, Ἄλεξι, πτύομεν, ὑστερόπουν ἁζόμενοι Νέμεσιν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 2291)

Synonyms

  1. coming late

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

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