ὄπισθεν

ὄπισθεν, in [dialect] Ion. (Hdt.4.72, al., SIG46.65 (Halic., v B. C.), etc.) and late [dialect] Att. (Luc.Am. 16, etc.) [full] ὄπισθε before a conson., as also in Poets, E.Cyc.545, IT1333 : poet. also [full] ὄπῐθεν Il.6.181, al., Pi.O.10(11).35, A.Pers.1001 (lyr.) :—Adv. :

I of Place, behind, at the back, opp. πρόσθε, Il.5.595 ;

πρόσθε λέων ὄπιθεν δὲ δράκων μέσση δὲ χίμαιρα 6.181

;

ὄπισθεν καταλιπεῖν Od.10.209

;

μένειν Il.9.332

, etc. ;

πέμψει οὖρον ὄ. Od.15.34

; ὄπιθεν κομόωντες with long back-hair, Il.2.542 ;

ὄπιθεν κομόωσαι ἔθειραι IG12(9).1179.9

([place name] Euboea) ; ὄ. ἕπεσθαι, ἀκολουθεῖν, A. l. c., etc. ; οἱ ὄπιθεν those who are left behind, e.g. at home, Od.11.66 ; but also, those who are in the rear, X.Cyr.2.2.8 ; εἰ τοὺς ὄ. ἐς τὸ πρόσθεν ἄξομεν shall bring the rear ranks to the front (metaph.), S.Aj. 1249 ; αἱ ὄ. ἁψῖδες the hinder fellies, Hdt.4.72 ; τὰ ὄ. the hinder parts, rear, back, Il.11.613 ;

οἱ ὄ. ἁρμοί IG12.372.117

;

εἰς τοὔπισθεν

back, backwards,

E.Ph.1410

, Pl.Sph.261b, etc. ; εἰς τ. τοξεύειν, i. e. 'versis sagittis', like the Parthians, X.An.3.3.10 : opp.

ἐκ τοὔπισθεν Ar.Ec.482

, cf. Th.7.79, X.An.4.1.6 ;

ἐν τῷ ὄ. Pl.R.614c

, X.Cyn.9.8, etc. ; ὄ. ποιήσασθαι τὸν ποταμόν place the river in his rear, Id.An.1.10.9.

2 Prep. c. gen., behind,

στῆ δ' ὄπιθεν δίφροιο Il.17.468

;

ὄπισθε μάχης 13.536

;

ὄπισθε τῆς θύρης Hdt.1.9

;

ἔμπροσθέ τε Θερμοπυλέων καὶ ὄ. Id.7.176

;

ὄ. ἐμοῦ . . εἰσῄει Pl.Smp.175a

, etc. : sts. after its case,

δίφρου ὄπισθεν Il.24.15

; ἴμεν φάμας ὄπισθεν follow the voice, Pi.O. 6.63 ;

γνώμης πατρῴας πάντ' ὄ. ἑστάναι S.Ant.640

; also

τούτοισι δ' ὄ. ἴτω Cratin.30

;

πνοιαῖς ὄπιθεν Βορέα Pi.O.3.31

(s. v.l.).

II of Time, after, in future, hereafter, Il.4.362, Od.2.270, 18.168, etc. ; either of a thing absolutely future, or of one which follows something else, opp. αὐτίκα, Il.9.519 ;

ὄπιθεν οὐ πολλόν Pi.O.10(11).35

;

πολλοῖς μησὶν ὄ. Theoc.Ep.22.8

; cf.

ὀπίσω 11.1

.

2 ἐν τοῖσι ὄ. λόγοισι in the books yet to come, in the following books, Hdt.5.22, 7.213 ; cf.

ὀπίσω 11.2

: but, in Gramm., of what has gone before, Sch. Od.3.366, Hsch. s.v. Ἴωνες, Sch.Ar.Ra.1488 ; ὁ ὄπιθεν χρόνος the earlier time, PMasp.158.22 (vi A. D.) :—for [comp] Comp. ὀπίστερος, [comp] Sup. ὀπίστατος, v. sub vocc. (Prob. from Οπις 'back', contained in ἀνόπιν, κατόπιν, μετόπιν, ὀπίσω.)