μετόπισθε

English (LSJ)

before a vowel or metri gr. μετόπισθεν, sts. elided μετόπισθ’, Od.22.345: Adv. (freq. in Ep., esp. Il.),    1 of Place, behind, in the rear, Il.6.68; μ. λελειμμένοι left behind in Troy, 24.687; in the second rank, 17.261.    2 of Time, after, afterwards, freq. in Hom., Il.1.82, al.; ἀμαυροτέρη γενεὴ μ. λέλειπται Hes.Op.284; ἢ πρόσθ' ἢ μετόπισθεν E.Fr.446.5 (anap.).    II Prep. c. gen., behind, Il.9.504, Od.9.539.