κατόπισθεν
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κατόπισθε (katópisthe)
Etymology
κατα- (kata-) + ὄπισθεν (ópisthen)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.tó.pis.tʰen/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kaˈto.pis.tʰen/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kaˈto.pis.θen/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kaˈto.pis.θen/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kaˈto.pis.θen/
Adverb
κᾰτόπισθεν • (katópisthen)
- in the rear, behind
- in the future, afterward
Preposition
κᾰτόπῐσθεν • (katópisthen) (governs the genitive)
- 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