post

post (form poste, Enn. An. 235; Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 131 (287); id. Stich. 2, 2, 56 (380)), adv. and prep. [root pas-; Sanscr. pac-kas, behind; Gr. πύματος (for πόσματος); Lat. pone, postremus].

• Adv.
• • A Of place, behind, back, backwards (class.): ante aut post, Liv. 22, 5, 8: servi, qui post erant, Cic. Mil. 10, 29: lacertis priora genua post curvantur, backwards, Plin. 11, 45, 102, § 249: sed ubi periculum advenit, invidia atque superbia post fuere, remained behind, were forgotten, Sall. C. 23, 7: post minor est, i.e. shorter when seen from behind, Juv. 6, 504. —
  • B Of time, afterwards, after: nunc et post semper, old poet in Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 115.—
  • • 2 Ante ... post, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 47 Vahl.): post duobus mensibus, Ter. Hec. 393: initio ... post autem, Cic. Fam. 7, 5; id. Dom. 55, 140; Sall. J. 55, 8: duxi probum, erravi, post cognovi, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 160 Vahl.): multis post annis, many years after, Cic. Fl. 23, 56: paucis diebus post, Plaut. Men. prol. 36: multis annis post, id. ib. 5, 9, 72 (1131): biennio post, Cic. Brut. 91, 316: quam te post multis tueor tempestatibus? after how long a time?Pac. ap. Non. 414, 3: aliquanto post, some time after, shortly after, Cic. Caecin. 4, 11: post aliquanto, id. Or. 30, 107: paulo post valens, a little later, id. Fam. 16, 5, 2: post paulo, soon after, Caes. B. C. 1, 29: multo post quam, long after, Cic. Att. 12, 49; cf. Liv. 24, 3, 14 Weissenb.: post tanto, so long after, Verg. G. 3, 476: post non multo, not long afterwards, Nep. Paus. 3, 1: neque ita multo, and not very long afterwards, id. Cim. 3, 4.—With inde, deinde, and afterwards, and then: et post inde, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 59 Müll. (Ann. v. 11 Vahl.): inde pedes et crura mori, post inde per artus, etc., Lucr. 3, 529: primum ... post deinde, Ter. And. 483; Nep. Eum. 5, 5.—
• II Prep. with acc., behind.
• • A Of place: post me erat Aegina, ante Megara, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4; Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 52 (232): post nostra castra, Caes. B. G. 2, 9: post tergum, id. ib. 7, 88: post carecta, Verg. E. 3, 20: post montem se occultare, Caes. B. G. 7, 83: post se alligare, Plin. 26, 9, 58, § 91: post equitem sedet atra cura, Hor. C. 3, 1, 40.—
  • • 2 Trop., beneath, inferior to, less important than: neque erat Lydia post Chloen, Hor. C. 3, 9, 6: tantus erat ambitionis furor, ut nemo tibi post te videatur, si aliquis ante te fuerit, Sen. Ep. 104, 9: ut sua necessaria post illius honorem haberent, Sall. J. 73, 6; Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 34.—
  • B Of time, after, since: aliquot post menses, Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 128: maxima post hominum memoriam classis, since the memory of man, Nep. Them. 5, 3: post M. Brutum proconsulem, after the proconsulate, Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 97.—So with part. constr.: post urbem conditam, since the city was founded, Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 14: post homines natos, id. Brut. 62, 224; id. Mil. 26, 69: sexennio post Veios captos, after the taking of Veii, id. Div. 1, 44, 100 al. —Put after the noun: hunc post, Cic. Tusc. 2, 6, 15.—With quam: decessit post annum quartum quam expulsus fuerat, Nep. Arist. 3, 3; cf.: post annum quintum, quo expulsus erat, id. Cim. 3, 3: post id, post illa, after this, after that, afterwards: post id cum lassus fueris, Plaut. Cas. 1, 42 (130): qui foret post illa natus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 67 Vahl.): eum numquam post illa vidi, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 43 (529): post illa, Ter. Phorm. 347: post haec deinde, then after this, and next, Col. 3, 4: post Hectora, Ov. M. 12, 607.—
  • C Transf., besides, except: post sidera caeli sola Jovem Semele vidit, Calp. Ecl. 10, 22.

post (viell. zu altindisch paçcá̄ hinten), hinten, hinter, I) Adv.: A) v. Raume = hinten, hintennach (Ggstz. ante), qui post erant, Cic.: ante aut post pugnare, Liv. – bei Verben der Bewegung = nach hinten zu, hinterwärts, post curvantur, Plin.: neque post respiciens neque ante prospiciens, Varro fr. – B) übtr.: 1) v. der Zeit – hernach, nachher (Ggstz. ante), Cic. u.a.: paulo post, Cic., od. post paulo, Caes. u. Liv., bald nachher: multo post, lange nachher, Cic.: neque ita multo post, Nep.: post non multo, Nep.: haud multo post, Tac.: aliquanto post oder post aliquanto, eine geraume Zeit nachher, Cic.: multis annis post, Plaut., od. multis post annis, Cic., in vielen Jahren nachher, nach vielen Jahren: paucis post annis, Curt.: anno post, das Jahr darauf, Cic.: biennio post, Cic.: biduo post, Caes.: paucis diebus post, Plaut., od. post paucis diebus, Liv., od. paucis post diebus, quam discesserat, Cic.: paucos post dies, paucas post horas, Liv.: horā post, eine Stunde danach, Cic.: longo post tempore, Verg.: non magno post tempore, Iustin.: post non longo tempore, Gell.: haud longe post, Gell. – post quam, s. post-quam. – verb. post deinde, Ter. u. XII. tabb. bei Gell., od. deinde post, Vell., od. post inde, Lucr. u. Vopisc. – 2) v. der Reihenfolge u. v. Range: a) v. der Reihenfolge, α) im Raume, hinten, zuletzt, prima Cyrene est, ac deinceps duae Syrtes, deinde Philaenon arae, post aliae Punicae urbes, Sall. – β) in der Zeit, nachher, primo... post, Cic.: deinde... tum... post, Cels. – γ) in der Aufzählung = postremo, kurz, Plaut. mil. 648; Men. argum. 6. – b) vom Range = hinten, post fuere, wurden hintangesetzt, Sall. Cat. 23, 7. – II) Praep. m. Acc.: A) vom Raume, hinter (Ggstz. ante), post me erat Aegina, ante me Megara, Cic.: post equitem sedet atra cura, Hor.: post hunc consequitur sollerti corde Prometheus, Catull.: collocare impedimenta post legiones, Caes.: post principia, Sall.: post alqm esse, Caes.: post eos, Sall. – B) übtr.: 1) von der Zeit = nach, seit (Ggstz. ante), post paucos dies, Phaedr.: post hominum memoriam, seit Menschengedenken, Cic.: post Troiae excidium, Eutr.: post Brutum cunsulem, Cic.: classis proximum post alqm praefectum esse, Cic.: post diem septimum, am siebenten T., Caes.: post diem tertium, am dr. T., Liv.: sexennio post Veios captos, Cic.: post devictum Hannibalem, Liv.: dah. post id, Plaut., oder post ea, Cic., od. post illa, Ter., od. post haec, Cic., hernach, nachher, nach diesem. – m. folg. quam (als), post annum quartum, quam expulsus fuerat, das vierte Jahr nachher, als er usw., das vierte Jahr, nachdem er usw., Nep.: post diem tertium... quam dixerat, Cic. – 2) v. Range, a) nach, nächst, ut nemo tibi post te videatur, si aliquis ante te fuerit, Sen.: erat Lydia post Chloën, Hor.: hic secundus post Tarquinium fuit, qui dux contra patriam suam esset, Eutr.: honor ei post Romulum secundus delatus est, Eutr.: id Vespasiano convenire, ut ceteri post Sabinum haberentur, Tac. hist. 3, 64. – b) außer, post sidera caeli sola Iovem Semele vidit, Calp. ecl. 10, 22. – ➳ post von seinem Kasus getrennt, post enim Chrysippum, Cic.: postve eos censores, Liv.: post autem mortem, Nep.: post autem elephantos, Auct. b. Afr.: und hinter demselben, hunc post, Cic. Tusc. 2, 15. – arch. Nbf. a) poste, Plaut. asin. 915. Men. 839 Sch.; merc. 370; most. 290; Stich. 380. Enn. ann. 230. – b) pos, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 1454; 5, 4056; 9, 1681. Quint. 9, 4, 39 (pos meridiem nach Ritschls Verbesserung). Avien. phaen. 202 u. 538. Hieron. in psalm. 68, 28 codd. GRW bei Lagarde. Itala (Taurin.) Matth. 15, 23; mehr Belege s. Rönsch Collect. philol. S. 22. Vgl. übh. (für poste u. pos) Ritschl opusc. 2, 541 bis 556.

post [CL] 1 (as adv.) in the rear, behind; b (w. ref. to sequence). quedam fiunt ante, quedam ~t, quedam dextre, quedam †sinister [l. sinistre] M. Scot Phys. 56 (v. dispositio 1a); 1257 navis [quieta] de omnimoda prisa excepta debita et antiqua prisa regis, viz. uno dolio vini ante malum et alio ~t Cl 52 (cf. MGL II 252: dolii ante malum et alterius retro malum).  b quod prius, quod ~t ponendum sit ut ordinem habeant res vel libri qui scribuntur Comm. Cant. I 16. 2 at a later time, subsequently, afterwards (v. et. expost); b (w. abl. expressing degree of difference). c (leg., as sb.) writ stating that a defendant had gained title to land after a flawed transaction. unde factum est ~t tot annis domicilium ‥ beatae et semper virginis Mariae Theod. Laterc. 8; 755 ~t non tempore tenso obiit et ipse Æthelw. II 18; s993 ~t venit exercitus in ostium fluminis Humbre AS Chr.; TRE et ~t et modo val. j s. DB I 38ra; instruendis modo non dicetur, instructioribus in ~t dicendis distinguetur Balsh. AD 27; si aliquid primo sit in uno loco et ~t quiescat et ~t sit in alio loco Ockham Quodl. 29.  b ungebantur reges non per Deum, sed qui ceteris crudeliores exstarent, et paulo ~t ab unctoribus ‥ trucidabantur Gildas EB 21; pardus est fera rapax ‥ , qui Alexandro et Macedonibus cum ceteris nocuerunt bestiis paulo ~t quam Aornim petram expugnavit Lib. Monstr. II 6; non multo ~t acrior gentem peccatricem ultio ‥ secuta est Bede HE I 14 p. 30.  c 1282 breve de ingressu formatum per hoc verbum ~t EE Law Rep. I 9; 1289 breve de ingressu per le ~t Ib. CXXIII 402. 3 (as conj.) after. 1169 confessus est, ~t comminatorias vestras ‥ recepit, quod ‥ Becket Ep. 466 p. 520; 1442 ~t atque literas tuas legerim Bekynton I 150. 4 (prep w. acc.) in or to the rear of, behind; b (~t tergum or terga); c (postergum, ~a as one word); d (w. ref. to sequence). super murum ~t pulpitum lectionum Offic. Sal. 5; punctus perfeccionis secundum quosdam dicitur quatripliciter, sc. ~t notam et ante, et sub et supra Hauboys 196; capillares vene sunt vene subtiles valde que sunt ~t aures. sunt et alie capillares vene in epate SB 14.  b ut ‥ relictis ~t tergum mundialibus tenebris ad amoena caelorum regna ‥ tota festinaret ecclesia Gildas EB 9; uti raro ‥ videretur quasi ~t tergum vindemiatorum aut messorum racemus vel spica Ib. 24; nam quos elegit et amavit, non dereliquit ~t tergum Mir. Furs. 1; s755 illucescente ‥ die notum militibus factum est qui ~t tergum remanserant regis Æthelw. II 18; vinctisque ~t tergum manibus Enc. Emmae III 5; contigit ut frater ille ‥ ~t tergum sibi juvenem succlamantem audisset R. Cold. Cuthb. 53; magne parentis ossibus ~t terga missis, genus humanum in utroque sexu reparaverunt modo legitimo Natura Deorum 24.  c dum aratri stibam postergum respiciens neglegenter regeret ‥ Aldh. VirgP 31; Lundoniensis erat quo tempore vernula quidam, / versa cui posterga fiunt vestigia morbo Wulf. Swith. I 1419.  d linee residue [et] linearum surdarum, que ~t eam sunt, non erit ex eis linea in termino binomie Adel. Elem. X 107; sunt autem ipse insule ~t fretum Sicilie, que ‥ Eolie appellantur Alb. Lond. DG 4. 10. 5 at a time subsequent to, after; b (postpositive w. abl.); c (w. participial phr.). d (w. ref. to sequence); e (hypallage). f (~t modicum) after a short time. quis ex vobis gladii ictu veridicantis pro confessione Christi ~t vincula carceris, ‥ ~t ‥ continua pericula, ~t famis jejunii vigiliarum labores ‥ plexus est? Gildas EB 73; qui coierit cum masculo ~t xx annum, xv annos peniteat Theod. Pen. I 2. 4; foedera cum manibus Domini per nomina summi / ante diem mortis firmando gessit uterque, / post mortem alterius maneat quod criminis expers Æthelwulf Abb. 369; mihi ‥ auxiliator ut ~t lapsum resurgam Nunnam. 61; E contra illa canina littera R semper aspere sonat, nisi cum in media parte orationis ~t vocalem inchoat syllabam Abbo QG 8 (20); ~t mortem R. E. DB I 2va; †676 (12c) ~t baptismi sacramentum CS 43; famam ‥ momentaneam istam ‥ memoria vivere ‥ ~t vitam Gir. TH intr.; ‘pone’ vero dicit inpresencia, ‘prope’ proximitatem secundum tempus sicut ‘juxta’ respectu loci, ‘~t’ temporis quod ‘adversus’ loci Ps.-Gros. Gram. 55; Edwardus ‥ ~t dictos Dispensarios, versus occidentales partes Anglie ‥ tendentes, iter suum direxit Avesb. 77b..  b s871 Ælfred optinuit regnum migratu ~t fratrum Æthelw. IV 3.  c ‥ ut ~t accepta fidei rudimenta spreto gentilium ritu ‥ plenius et perfectius conservaverit Aldh. VirgP 25; 1249 ~t fena falcata et adunata Cart. Osney IV 353; ~t coronatum Edwardum juvenem regem Hist. Roff. 368; 1451 volo quod, si bona ~t debita soluta legataque satisfacta extendere possunt, quod executores mei inveniant unum presbyterum idoneum celebrantem pro anima mea per annum MunAcOx 624.  d filii tui ~t te et filii filiorum tuorum regnabunt in ea [sc. civitate] Aldh. VirgP 25; factum est ‥ hoc per industriam reginae Merciorum Osthrydae, quae erat filia fratris ejus, id est Osuiu, qui ~t illum regni apicem tenebat Bede HE III p. 148; s817 Stephanus papa obiit et ~t eum Pascalis suscepit pontificatum AS Chr.; hi ‥ , unus ~t unum Rofensi ecclesie presidentes, ex more a ‥ Lanfranco archiepiscopo ‥ in capitulo fratrum Cantuarie ipso episcopatu investiti fuerunt Eadmer HN 2; s1453 obeunte ‥ possessore ‥ nec relinquente ~t se heredem ullum Reg. Whet. I 95.  e post paucos ‥ electionis suae dies praecepit Edgarus diarcha, totius regni sui concilium celebrari Osb. V. Dunst. 29.  f promereberis etenim ~t modicum gladium Petri in quo innumera omnium generum sicut Petrus animalia occides Osb. V. Dunst. 31; videris nunc misellum sub onere deficientem cadere, nunc surgere conari et iterum relabi ~t modicum in terram W. Dan. Ailred 39; atque singula revolvens ~t modicum filie respondit T. Mon. Will. I 1; collectus est ille sacrosanctus sanguis cum cerebro et testulis, et diligenter repositus est, ~t modicum toti mundo propinandus Gerv. Cant. Chr. 228. 6 next to in point of order or importance. 671 domino reverendissimo ‥ et ~t Deum peculiari patrono Aldh. Ep. 1; Hibernia insula omnium ~t Brittaniam maxima Bede HE I 1 p. 11; capitalis domini regis justitia, primus ~t regem in regno ratione fori Dial. Scac. I 4B; quidam presbyter erat ‥ qui beatum Martinum ~t Deum pre ceteris sanctis amare et honorare solebat Alex. Cant. Mir. 47 (I) p. 254; Hibernia, ~t Britanniam insularum maxima Gir. TH I 1; 1229 sit ‥ major persona ~t episcopum in episcopatu Dunelmensi Feod. Durh. 213. 7 following the authority or guidance of, in accordance or compliance with. quod quidam vir ‥ per apostasiam conversus ~t Satanam ‥ vineam Christi ‥ depredari non pertimescit (Excom.) GAS 432; hoc est consilium, quod æþelredus rex et sapientes sui condixerunt, et emendationem et augmentum pacis omni populo, apud þudestoca in Mircena lande ‥ ~t Anglie lagam (Quad.) GAS 217; hii ~t astra vitam animalium volatilium et piscium distinxerunt Map NC I 1 f. 7v.. 8 after the manner of, in imitation of, like (in quotation w. ref. to naming practice). de istis tribus filiis Alani et eorum successoribus tota Europa post diluvium repleta est, supputando quemlibet filium habere terram ~t illum nominatam Eul. Hist. I 300. 9 in pursuit of or in search of (w. implication of intention to catch or obtain); b (w. implication of yearning). s755 insequitur ~t alterum alter, stat miserabilis pugna Æthelw. II 18; 793 non exeatis ~t luxurias carnis Alcuin Ep. 20 (v. 1 exire 1c); ~t eum fratres carissimi suspiremus, et ad Christum post eum laeti quique tendamus Adel. Blandin. Dunst. 1; 1238 non fecit sectam ~t malefactores KR Mem 17 m. 4; dimisso campo, ~t hostem curritur Garl. Tri. Eccl. 80; 1294 s[c]rutavit domum Willelmi Messoris ~t unum purcellum CourtR Hales 301; 1307 item carectario versus Therfeld ter ~t meremium, vj d. MinAc Wistow 28; 1308 dum carectarius fuit apud Hamtone ~t vinum domini (Ac. Combe) Doc. Bec 171; in expensis Johannis atte Celer’ quando ivit apud Porchester’ ~t Ricardum Plomer ‥ item solut’ Symoni Brenetor quando ivit ~t plumbarium Ac. Obed. Abingd. 30; ~t aurum non abiit quod potius dispersit Ciren. II 233; girfalcus ‥ cum ~t ‥ aves in aiere volantes fuerit dimissus, non desistit a persecutione avium donec omnes ‥ ad terram deiciat Upton 187; miserunt legacionem ~t eum Bower VIII 4.  b 790 vere fateor moeroris languore post te me esse pertaesum et usque ad lacrimas absentia tua contristari Alcuin Ep. 9.

post, (5) adv. et prép.

I adv. ¶ 1 [sens local] en arrière, derrière : servi, qui post erant Cic. Mil. 29, les esclaves qui étaient derrière ; curvari post Plin. 11, 249, se courber en arrière ¶ 2 [temporel] après, ensuite ; in præsentia... sed post Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 105, pour le moment... mais plus tard...; multis post annis Cic. Fl. 56, plusieurs années après ; biennio post Cic. Br. 316, deux ans après ; paulo post Cic. Fam. 16, 5, 2 ; post paulo Cæs. G. 7, 60, 4 ; C. 1, 20, 4, peu après ; aliquanto post Cic. Cæc. 11 ; post aliquanto Cic. Or. 107, passablement plus tard ; undecimo die postquam... Cic. Att. 12, 1, 1, onze jours après que, cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 18 ; Verr. 2, 1, 149 ; Fam. 1, 9, 9 ; Att. 9, 1, 1 ; CM 42 || [dans une énumér.] cf. Cic. Fin. 5, 65 ; Off. 1, 10.

II prép. acc., ¶ 1 [sens local] derrière : post urbem Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 169, derrière la ville, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 80 ; Cæs. G. 7, 83, 7, etc. || [fig.] [classement] : post hunc Cæs. G. 6, 17, 1, après lui, cf. Hor. O. 3, 9, 6 ; Sen. Ep. 104, 9 ; Tac. H. 3, 64 ; aliquid post rem ducere Sall. J. 73, 6, mettre une chose après une autre ¶ 2 [temporel] après, depuis : post diem tertium ejus diei Cic. Att. 3, 7, 1, trois jours après ce jour-là ; post Hirtium conventum Cic. Att. 10, 4, 6, après une visite à Hirtius ; post illud bellum Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 5, depuis cette guerre ; post urbem conditam Cic. Cat. 4, 14, depuis la fondation de la ville ; post homines natos Cic. Mil. 69, depuis quʼil y a des hommes ; sexennio post Veios captos Cic. Div. 1, 100, six ans après la prise de Véies || post omnia Cic. Or. 122, après lʼensemble, pour finir || post diem tertium... quam dixerat Cic. Mil. 44, trois jours après quʼil avait prononcé ces paroles, cf. Cæs. G. 4, 28, 1 ; Sall. J. 102, 2 ; Nep. Arist. 3, 3 ; Cim. 3, 3.

➳ hunc post Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, après lui.

post . praep. acc.
後。— hominum memoriam 有人以後。— homines natos 人生以後。— hanc diem 今以後。Diem — quartum 四日後。

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post . adv.
後才。過。Annis — multis 越殊多年。

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post (1) adv.

• POS-.—Of place, behind, back backwards: ante aut post, L.: servi, qui post erant: ubi periculum advenit, invidia atque superbia post fuere, i. e. were forgotten, S.: post minor est, i. e. shorter when seen from behind, Iu.—Of time, afterwards, after, later: post duobus mensibus, T.: initio . . . post autem: rursus . . . post, S.: multis post annis, many years after: aliquanto post, somewhat later: paulo post valens, a little later: multo post quam, long after: post tanto, so long after, V.—Of order, afterwards, next: primum . . . post deinde, T.: primo . . . inde . . . post, S.

post (2) praep.with acc.

• 1 post.—Of place, behind: post urbem in viā Pompeiā: post tergum, Cs.: post montem se occultare, Cs.: post equitem sedet atra cura, H.—Of time, after, since: post factam iniuriam, T.: aliquot post mensīs, some months later: maxima post hominum memoriam classis, since the memory of man, N.: post M. Brutum proconsulem, after the proconsulate: post urbem conditam, since the foundation of Rome: post homines natos: alii post me, future poets, V.: post illa, afterwards, T.: post Hectora, O.: hunc post: decessit post annum quartum quam expulsus erat, N.—Fig., after, beneath, inferior to, less important than, next to: post hunc Apollinem (colunt), Cs.: neque erat Lydia post Chloën, H.: sua necessaria post illius honorem ducere, S.