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P. and V. [[νῶτον]] or pl.

[[of the back]]: P. and V. [[νωτιαῖος]] (Plat.).

of things: P. τὰ [[ὄπισθεν]].

[[the back legs]]: P. τὰ ὀπίσθια σκέλη (Xen.).

[[at the back]], [[behind]], adv.: P. and V. [[ὄπισθεν]], [[ὀπίσω]], Ar. and P. [[κατόπιν]], [[ἐξόπισθεν]], V. ὄπισθε.

[[in the rear]]: P. κατὰ νώτου.

[[on horseback]]: P. and V. ἐφʼ ἵππου.

[[on one's back]], adj.: P. and V. [[ὕπτιος]].

[[turn one's back]], v. intrans.: V. νωτίζειν.

[[they turned their backs in flight]]: V. πρὸς φυγὴν ἐνώτισαν (Eur., ''And.'' 1141).

[[bind]] (a [[person]]'s) [[hands]] [[behind]] his back: Ar. and P. [[ὀπίσω]] τὼ χεῖρε [[δεῖν]] (Ar., Lys. 434, and Dem. 356).

[[binding his hands behind his back]]: P. τὼ χεῖρε περιαγαγὼν εἰς τοὔπισθεν (Lys. 94).

[[clasp one's hands behind one's back]]: P. τὼ χεῖρε εἰς τοὐπίσω συμπλέκειν (Thuc. 4, 4).

[[why do you weep turning your back upon my face]]: V. τί μοι προσώπῳ [[νῶτον]] ἐγκλίνασα σόν δύρει (Eur., ''Hec.'' 739).

P. and V. [[πάλιν]], [[ἔμπαλιν]], εἰς τοὔπισθεν, P. εἰς τοὐπίσω, <V. ἄψορρον, or use adj., V. [[ἄψορρος]], [[παλίσσυτος]], [[παλίντροπος]], [[παλίμπλαγκτος]].

[[ago]]: P. and V. πρότερον.

[[come back]], v. intrans.: P. and V. ἐπανέρχεσθαι; see [[return]].

[[give back]], v. trans.: P. and V. ἀποδιδόναι.

[[hang back]], v. intrans.: P. and V. ὀκνεῖν, κατοκνεῖν. μέλλειν; see [[hesitate]].

[[turn back]], v. trans.: P. and V. ἀποστρέφειν; v. intrans., P. and V. ἀποστρέφειν or pass., ὑποστρέφειν or pass.; see under [[turn]].

[[back water]]: Ar. and P. ἀνακρούεσθαι (''Vesp.'' 399), P. κρούεσθαι πρύμναν.

[[favour]]: P. and V. εὐνοεῖν (dat.).

[[support]], [[confirm]]: P. βεβαιοῦν. V. intrans.

[[go back]]: P. and V. ὑποστρέφειν or pass.

[[back out]] (of an [[undertaking]]): P. and V. ἀφίστασθαι (gen.), ἐξίστασθαι (gen.).

[[back out of what one has said]]: P. ἐξαναχωρεῖν τὰ εἰρημένα (Thuc. 4, 28).