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ὕστερος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὕστερος

Structure: ὑστερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. latter, (of place) latter, coming after, behind
  2. (of time) next
  3. later, too late
  4. (with genitive of object) too late for
  5. (substantive) posterity

Examples

  • μῶν ὕστεραι πάρεσμεν ὦ Λυσιστράτη; (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Prologue 2:20)
  • πρυτανεύει δ’ ἐν μέρει τῶν φυλῶν ἑκάστη καθ’ ὅ τι ἂν λάχωσιν, αἱ μὲν πρῶται τέτταρεσ καὶ λ ἡμέρασ ἑκάστη, αἱ δὲ αἱ ὕστεραι πέντε καὶ λ ἡμέρασ ἑκάστη· (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 43 2:2)
  • τοῦτο δὲ γίνεται, ὁκόταν ὑδρωπιήσωσιν αἱ ὑστέραι. (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, , vii.16)
  • ἀλλ’ ἔστιν ἐν τοῖσ μάλιστα κοιλότατα καὶ μέγιστα τῶν τοῦ ζῳού μορίων ἥ τε γαστὴρ καὶ αἱ μῆτραί τε καὶ ὑστέραι καλούμεναι. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., G, section 27)
  • ἢ γὰρ αἱ ὕστεραι κύριαι, ἄκυροι δ’ αἱ πρότεραι, ἢ αἱ πρότεραι ὀρθαί, αἱ δ’ ὕστεραι ἠπατήκασιν, ὁποτέρωσ ἂν ᾖ χρήσιμον. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 15 25:3)

Synonyms

  1. next

  2. later

  3. too late for

  4. posterity

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