ποσταῖος
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
English (LSJ)
α, ον, (πόστος)
A on which day in the ordinal series? π. ἂν . . ἐκεῖσε ἀφικοίμην; i.e. in how many days? X.Cyr.5.3.28; π. πάρσι; Diog.Cyn. ap. D.L.6.39, cf. Gal.9.861.
German (Pape)
[Seite 688] wie vieltägig? an dem wie vielten Tage? ποσταῖος ἂν ἐκεῖσε ἀφικοίμην Xen. Cyr. 5, 3, 28, u. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ποσταῖος: -α, -ον, (πόστος) ἐν πόσαις ἡμέραις; Λατ. quota die? π. ἂν... ἐκεῖσε ἀφικόμην; Ἀπόκρ., οὐκ ἂν δύναιο μεῖον ἢ ἐν ἓξ ἢ ἑπτὰ ἡμέραις ἐλθεῖν Ξεν. Κύρ. 5. 3, 28· π. πάρει; Διογ. Λ. 6. 39· πρβλ. δευτεραῖος, τριταῖος, κτλ.
