ὄπισθεν

See also: όπισθεν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὄπῐσθε (ópisthe)
• ὄπῐθεν (ópithen), ὄπῐθε (ópithe)

Etymology

From ὀπῐ́σω (opísō) +‎ -θεν (-then).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ó.pis.tʰen/ → /ˈo.pis.θen/ → /ˈo.pis.θen/

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

Adverb

ὄπῐσθεν • (ópisthen)

1. behind, at the back
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.595
2. backwards
3. in the future, after, hereafter
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 4.362
   1. yet to come
      • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.22

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “behind”): πρόσθεν (prósthen)

Derived terms

• κατόπισθεν (katópisthen)
• μετόπισθεν (metópisthen)
• ὀπῐσθοφόρος (opisthophóros)
• ὀπῐσθοφῠ́λᾰξ (opisthophúlax)

 

Descendants

• Greek: όπισθεν (ópisthen)

References

• “ὄπισθεν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὄπισθεν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὄπισθεν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ὄπισθεν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ὄπισθεν”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G3693 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • after idem, page 17.
  • back idem, page 57.
  • behind idem, page 71.