Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὄπισθε ‎(ópisthe)
• ὄπιθεν ‎(ópithen)
• ὄπιθε ‎(ópithe)

Adverb

ὄπισθεν • ‎(ópisthen)

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

Antonyms

• (behind): πρόσθεν ‎(prósthen)

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’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • after idem, page 17.
  • back idem, page 57.
  • behind idem, page 71.