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ὕστερος

ὕστερος, ὕστερος, ὑστέρᾱ, ὕστερον, later

ὕστερος, ὕστᾰτος,
  • latter, last, Comp. and Sup. without any Posit. Adj. in use. (The Posit. must be looked for in Skt. úd ‘upʼ; with ὕστερος, ὕστατος cf. Skt. Comp. and Sup. úttaras, uttamás ‘higher, (later)ʼ, ‘highest, (latest)ʼ; cf. ὑστέρα.)
  • A ὕστερος, α, ον, latter:
    • I of Place, coming after, behind, ὑστέρῳ ποδί E. Hipp. 1243, HF 1040; ὑστέρας ἔχων πώλους keeping them behind, S. El. 734; ὕ. λόχος X. Cyr. 2.3.21; ἐν τῷ ὑ. λόγῳ Antipho 6.14, cf. Pi. O. 11(10).5, Pl. Grg. 503c, etc.; τὰ ὕ. the latter clauses, Plu. QConv. 2.742d (s. v. l., δεύτερα Turnebus): c. gen., ὕστεροι ἡμῶν behind us, Pl. Ly. 206e, cf. Th. 3.103; οὐδὲν ὑστέρα νεώς not a whit behind (slower than) a ship, A. Eu. 251.
    • II of Time, next, ὁ δʼ ὕστερος ὄρνυτο χαλκῷ Il. 5.17, 16.479; τῷ ὑ. ἔτει in the next year, X. HG 7.2.10; τῇ ὑ. Ὀλυμπιάδι Hdt. 6.103; ὑ. χρόνῳ in after time, Id. 1.130, A. Ag. 702 (lyr.), etc.; ἐν ὑ. χρόνοις Pl. Lg. 865a; ἐν ὑστέραισιν ἡμέραις A. Ag. 1666 (troch.); δεκάτῃ ὑ. or ὑ. δεκάτῃ, on the 21st day, Decr. ap. D.L. 7.10, cf. Longin. Rh. p.192 H.: c. gen., later than, after, σεῦ ὕστερος εἶμʼ ὑπὸ γαῖαν Il. 18.333, cf. Ar. Ec. 859, Pl. Phd. 87c, al.: ὑ. χρόνῳ τούτων Hdt. 4.166, 5.32, cf. Th. 2.54.
      • 2 later, too late, ὕ. ἐλθών Il. 18.320; κἂν ὕ. ἔλθῃ Ar. V. 691 (anap.); μῶν ὕστεραι πάρεσμεν; Id. Lys. 69; ὑ. ἀφικνεῖσθαι Th. 4.90; ὕ. (sc. ἐλθών) S. OT 222, Tr. 92; Διονύσιος ὁ ὕ. D. the second, Arist. Pol. 1312a4.
      • 3 c. gen. rei, too late for, ὕστεροι ἀπικόμενοι τῆς συμβολῆς Hdt. 6.120; ὕ. ἐλθεῖν τοῦ σημείου Ar. V. 690 (anap.); κακῶν ὕ. ἀφῖγμαι E. HF 1174; ὕ. ἀφίκοντο τῆς μάχης μιᾷ ἡμέρᾳ Pl. Lg. 698e.
      • 4 as Subst., οἱ ὕ. posterity, E. Supp. 1225; ἄνδρες ὕ., ὕ. βροτοί, Id. Tr. 13, 1245.
    • III of inferiority in Age, Worth, or Quality, γένει ὕ., i.e. younger, Il. 3.215; c. gen., οὐδενὸς ὕ. second to none, S. Ph. 181 (lyr.), cf. Th. 1.91; γυναικὸς ὕ. S. Ant. 746; μηδʼ ἔμπροσθεν τῶν νόμων, ἀλλʼ ὕ. πολιτεύου not putting yourself above the laws, but below them, Aeschin. 3.23; σῶμα δεύτερον καὶ ὕ (sc. ψυχῆς) Pl. Lg. 896c; νομίσας πάντα ὕστερα εἶναι τἆλλα πρός τι that all things were secondary to . ., Th. 8.41.
      • 2 logically posterior, ὁ τόπος ὕ. τῆς ὕλης Plot. 2.4.12.
    • IV Adv. ὑστέρως is found only in Eccl. writers, the ascription to Plato by Ammon. Diff. p.115 V., Thom.Mag. p.284 R. being now corrected from Ptol.Ascal. p.405 H., where codd. have δευτέρως: the neut. ὕστερον was used, rarely of Place, behind, ὀπαδεῖν ὕ. A. Fr. 475; ὕ. τῶν ἱππέων γίγνεσθαι X. Cyr. 5.3.42.
      • 2 of Time, later, afterwards, Parm. 8.10, Hdt. 6.91, etc.; also τὸ ὕ., opp. τὸ παλαιόν, Lycurg. 61; ὕστερα Od. 16.319; freq. with other words, ὕ. αὖτις Il. 1.27; οὔποτʼ αὖθις ὕ. S. Aj. 858; ἔπειτα δʼ ὕ., after μέν, Antiph. 270; εἶτα . . ὕ. Id. 53.4; χρόνῳ ὕ. πολλῷ a long time after, Hdt. 1.171; ὕ. χρόνῳ or χρόνῳ ὕ. some time later, Th. 1.8, 64; χρόνοις ὕ. Lys. 3.39; βραχεῖ χρόνῳ ὕ. X. Cyr. 5.3.52; οὐ πολλαῖς ἡμέραις ὕ. Id. HG 1.1.1; ὀλίγῳ or ὀλίγον ὕ. Pl. R. 327c, Grg. 471c; πολλῷ ὕ. Th. 2.49, Pl. Phd. 58a; οἱ ἄνθρωποι οἱ ὕ. posterity, Id. R. 415d; τὰ ὕ. γράμματα the later inscriptions, Id. Chrm. 165a.
        • b c. gen., ὕ. τούτων Hdt. 1.113, etc.; ὕ. ἔτι τούτων Id. 9.83; τῆς ἐμεωυτοῦ γνώμης ὕ. after my own opinion was formed, Id. 2.18; τοῦ δέοντος ὕ. later than ought to be, Ar. Lys. 57: c. dat. et gen., ἔτεσι πολλοῖσι ὕ. τούτων Hdt. 6.140, cf. 1.91; πολλῷ ὕ. τῶν Τρωϊκῶν Th. 1.3, cf. Isoc. 19.22: folld. by ἤ, τεσσαρακοστῇ ἡμέρᾳ ὕ . . . ἢ ποτείδαια ἀπέστη Th. 1.60, cf. 6.4.
      • 3 in Adv. sense with Preps., ἐς ὕστερον Od. 12.126, Hes. Op. 351, Hdt. 5.41, 74, S. Ant. 1194, E. IA 720, Pl. Ti. 82b, etc.: ἐν ὑστέρῳ Th. 3.13, 8.27: ἐξ ὑστέρου D.S. 14.109, D.H. 4.73; also ἐξ ὑστέρης Hdt. 1.108, 5.106, 6.85.
  • B ὕστᾰτος, η, ον, last:
    • I of Place, ἅμα θʼ οἱ πρῶτοί τε καὶ ὕστατοι Il. 2.281; εὐθυντὴρ ὕστατος νεώς hindmost, of a rudder, A. Supp. 717; ἡμῖν τοῖς ὑ. κατακειμενοις Pl. Smp. 177e.
    • II of Time, τίνα πρῶτον, τίνα δʼ ὕ. ἐξενάριξεν; Il. 11.299, cf. 5.703, E. HF 485, etc.; ὁ δʼ ὕ. γε . . πρεσβεύεται A. Ag. 1300; ἡλίου . . πρὸς ὕ. φῶς ib. 1324; τὸν ὕ. μέλψασα γόον ib. 1445; τοὔπος ὕ. θροεῖ S. Aj. 864; ἡ ὑστάτη (sc. ἡμέρα) τῆς ὁρτῆς the last day of . ., Hdt. 2.151; ἐν τοῖσιν ὑ. φράσω Ar. Ra. 908; οὐκ ἐν ὑστάτοις not among the last, E. Ion 1115; οἱ ὕστατοι εἰπόντες D. 1.16, etc.; ὕστατος ἁλώσιος ἀντάσαις meeting with his downfall at last, Pi. O. 10(11).41.
    • III of Rank or Degree, οὐκ ἐν ὑστάτοις S. Tr. 315; τὰ ὕ. πάσχειν, like τὰ ἔσχατα, Luc. Phal. 1.5.
    • IV for regul. Adv. ὑστάτως (which occurs only in Hippiatr. 20), the neut. sg. and pl. are used, πύματόν τε καὶ ὕστατον Od. 20.116; ὕστατα καὶ πύματα 4.685, 20.13; νῦν ὕστατα Il. 1.232, Od. 22.78; ὕστατα ὁρμηθέντες Hdt. 8.43; καὶ πρῶτον καὶ ὕ. Pl. Mx. 247a; ὕ. δή σε προσεροῦσι, τὸ ὕ. προσειπεῖν, Id. Phd. 60a, Luc. VH 1.30.
      • 2 in Adv. sense with Preps., ἐν ὑστάτοις at last, Pl. R. 620c; εἰς τὸ ὕ. extremely, γέρων ἐς τὸ ὕ. Luc. Herm. 9.

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