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|etymtx=Grammatical information: adv. and prep.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">(from) behind, back, after</b> (Il.).<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">-ε</b> (Ion. poet.), <b class="b3">ὄπιθε(ν</b>) (Il.)<br />Compounds: Many compp., e.g. <b class="b3">ὀπισθό-δομος</b> m. <b class="b2">backmost hall of the temple of Athena</b> (Att.; Risch IF 59, 251); on <b class="b3">ὀπισθέναρ</b> s. <b class="b3">θέναρ</b>; many details in Schwyzer-Debrunner 540. As 2. member a.o. in <b class="b3">μετ-όπισ-θε(ν</b>) <b class="b2">id.</b> (Il.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ὀπίσθ-ιος</b> (IA.), <b class="b3">-ίδιος</b> (Sophr., Call., AP) <b class="b2">situated in the back</b>; compar. forms <b class="b3">ὀπίστατος</b> (Θ 342,Λ 178; for <b class="b3">*ὀπίσθ-ατος</b>?, Schwyzer 535 after it <b class="b3">-τερος</b> (Arat., Nonn.) beside <b class="b3">ὀπισθό-τερος</b> (Arat.). -- Besides <b class="b3">ὀπίσ(σ)ω</b> (Il.), Aeol. <b class="b3">ὑπίσσω</b> (Sapph.) [[backward]], [[afterwards]] with <b class="b3">ὀπισώ-τατος</b> (hell.); <b class="b3">ἐξ-οπίσω</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Il.) a.o. -- Cf. Treu Von Homer zur Lyrik 133 f.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [323] <b class="b2">*h₁epi</b>, <b class="b2">h₁opi</b> <b class="b2">close upon, at, behind</b><br />Etymology: In <b class="b3">ὄπι-θεν</b> seems a noun or adv. <b class="b3">ὄπι</b> to be retained, that is also seen in Myc. [[opi]] and in <b class="b3">κατ-όπιν</b> (IA.) a. perh. still functions as acc. (Schwyzer 625); cf. on [[ὀπώρα]]; to this <b class="b3">ὄπι-σ-θεν</b> like <b class="b3">πρόσ-θεν</b> and <b class="b3">ὀπίσ(σ)-ω</b>. The last may stand for <b class="b3">*ὀπι-τι̯ω</b>, cf. on <b class="b3">εἴσ-ω</b> s. [[εἰς]] w. lit.; see also Gusmani A.I.O.N. 3 (1961) 41ff. -- For connections outside Greek s. <b class="b3">ἔπι</b>; <b class="b2">o-</b>ablaut also in Lat. [[ob]] a.o.; on this w. rich lit. W.-Hofmann s.v.

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