κατόπισθεν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κατόπισθε (katópisthe)

Etymology

κατα- (kata-) +‎ ὄπισθεν (ópisthen)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.tó.pis.tʰen/ → /kaˈto.pis.θen/ → /kaˈto.pis.θen/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.tó.pis.tʰen/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈto.pis.tʰen/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈto.pis.θen/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈto.pis.θen/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈto.pis.θen/

Adverb

κᾰτόπισθεν • (katópisthen)

1. in the rear, behind
2. in the future, afterward

Preposition

κᾰτόπῐσθεν • (katópisthen) (governs the genitive)

1. after, behind

Further reading

• “κατόπισθεν”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κατόπισθεν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κατόπισθεν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κατόπισθεν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press