ὕστερος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[[ὕστατος]], <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[latter]], [[last]], Comp. and Sup. without any Posit. Adj. in use. (The Posit. must be looked for in Skt. úd '[[up]]'; with [[ὕστερος]], [[ὕστατος]] cf. Skt. Comp. and Sup. úttaras, uttamás '[[higher]], ([[later]])', '[[highest]], ([[latest]])'; cf. [[ὑστέρα]].) </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[ὕστερος]], α, ον, [[latter]]: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> of [[place]], [[coming after]], [[behind]], ὑστέρῳ ποδί <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1243</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HF</span>1040</span>; <b class="b3">ὑστέρας ἔχων πώλους</b> keeping them [[behind]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>734</span>; ὕ. λόχος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.3.21</span>; ἐν τῷ ὑ. λόγῳ <span class="bibl">Antipho 6.14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>11(10).5</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>503c</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τὰ ὕστερα</b> the [[latter]] [[clause]]s, Plu.2.742d ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]], [[δεύτερα]] Turnebus): c. gen., <b class="b3">ὕστεροι ἡμῶν</b> [[behind]] us, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ly.</span> 206e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.3.103</span>; <b class="b3">οὐδὲν ὑστέρα νεώς</b> not a whit [[behind]] ([[slower]] [[than]]) a [[ship]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>251</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of [[time]], [[next]], ὁ δ' ὕστερος ὄρνυτο χαλκῷ <span class="bibl">Il.5.17</span>, <span class="bibl">16.479</span>; <b class="b3">τῷ ὑ. ἔτει</b> in the [[next]] year, X <span class="title">HG</span>7.2.10; τῇ ὑ. Ὀλυμπιάδι <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.103</span>; <b class="b3">ὑ. χρόνῳ</b> in [[after]] time, <span class="bibl">Id.1.130</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>702</span> (lyr.), etc.; ἐν ὑ. χρόνοις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>865a</span>; ἐν ὑστέραισιν ἡμέραις <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1666</span> (troch.); <b class="b3">δεκάτῃ ὑ</b>. or <b class="b3">ὑ. δεκάτῃ</b>, on the 21st day, Decr. ap. <span class="bibl">D.L.7.10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Longin.<span class="title">Rh.</span> p.192</span> H.: c. gen., [[later than]], [[after]], σεῦ ὕστερος εἶμ' ὑπὸ γαῖαν <span class="bibl">Il.18.333</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>859</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span> 87c</span>, al.: ὑ. χρόνῳ τούτων <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.166</span>, <span class="bibl">5.32</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.2.54</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[later]], [[too late]], ὕ. ἐλθών <span class="bibl">Il.18.320</span>; κἂν ὕ. ἔλθῃ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>691</span> (anap.); μῶν ὕστεραι πάρεσμεν; <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lys.</span>69</span>; ὑ. ἀφικνεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.4.90</span>; [[ὕ]]. (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἐλθών]]) <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>222</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span>92</span>; [[Διονύσιος]] ὁ ὕστερος = [[Dionysius]] the [[second]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1312a4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> c. gen. rei, [[too late for]], ὕστεροι ἀπικόμενοι τῆς συμβολῆς <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.120</span>; ὕ. ἐλθεῖν τοῦ σημείου <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>690</span>(anap.); κακῶν ὕ. ἀφῖγμαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>1174</span>; ὕ. ἀφίκοντο τῆς μάχης μιᾷ ἡμέρᾳ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>698e</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> as [[substantive]], [[οἱ ὕστεροι]] = [[posterity]], <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Supp.</span>1225</span>; <b class="b3">ἄνδρες ὕ., ὕ. βροτοί</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>13</span>,<span class="bibl">1245</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> of inferiority in Age, Worth, or Quality, <b class="b3">γένει ὕ</b>., i.e. [[younger]], <span class="bibl">Il.3.215</span>; c. gen., [[οὐδενὸς ὕστερος]] = [[second to none]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>181</span>(lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">Th.1.91</span>; γυναικὸς ὕ. <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Ant.</span>746</span>; <b class="b3">μηδ' ἔμπροσθεν τῶν νόμων, ἀλλ' ὕ. πολιτεύου</b> not putting yourself above the laws, but [[below]] them, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.23</span>; <b class="b3">σῶμα δεύτερον καὶ ὕ</b> (''[[sc.]]'' ψυχῆς) <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>896c</span>; <b class="b3">νομίσας πάντα ὕστερα εἶναι τἆλλα πρός τι</b> that all things were [[secondary]] to... <span class="bibl">Th.8.41</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> logically [[posterior]], ὁ τόπος ὕ. τῆς ὕλης <span class="bibl">Plot.2.4.12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> Adv. [[ὑστέρως]] is found only in Eccl. writers, the ascription to Plato by <span class="bibl">Ammon. <span class="title">Diff.</span>p.115V.</span>, Thom.Mag.<span class="bibl">p.284</span> R. being now corrected from Ptol. Ascal.<span class="bibl">p.405</span> H., where codd. have [[δευτέρως]]: the neut. [[ὕστερον]] was used, rarely of [[place]], [[behind]], [[ὀπαδεῖν]] ὕ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>475</span>; ὕ. τῶν ἱππέων γίγνεσθαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.3.42</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of [[time]], [[later]], [[afterwards]], parm.<span class="bibl">8.10</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.91</span>, etc.; also <b class="b3">τὸ ὕ</b>., opp. <b class="b3">τὸ παλαιόν</b>, <span class="bibl">Lycurg.61</span>; ὕστερα <span class="bibl">Od.16.319</span>; freq. with other words, ὕ. αὖτις <span class="bibl">Il.1.27</span>; οὔποτ' αὖθις ὕ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>858</span>; <b class="b3">ἔπειτα δ' ὕ</b>., after [[μέν]], <span class="bibl">Antiph.270</span>; εἶτα . . ὕ. <span class="bibl">Id.53.4</span>; <b class="b3">χρόνῳ ὑστέρῳ πολλῷ</b> a [[long]] [[time]] [[after]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.171</span>; <b class="b3">ὑστέρῳ χρόνῳ</b> or <b class="b3">χρόνῳ ὑστέρῳ</b> [[some time later]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.8</span>,<span class="bibl">64</span>; χρόνοις ὕ. <span class="bibl">Lys.3.39</span>; βραχεῖ χρόνῳ ὑστέρῳ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.3.52</span>; οὐ πολλαῖς ἡμέραις ὕ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HG</span>1.1.1</span>; [[ὀλίγῳ]] or [[ὀλίγον]] ὕ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>327c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Grg.</span> 471c</span>; πολλῷ ὕ. <span class="bibl">Th.2.49</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span> 58a</span>; οἱ ἄνθρωποι οἱ ὕστεροι = [[posterity]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span> 415d</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ὕ. γράμματα</b> the [[later]] [[inscription]]s, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Chrm.</span>165a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> c. gen., ὕ. τούτων <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.113</span>, etc.; ὕ. ἔτι τούτων <span class="bibl">Id.9.83</span>; <b class="b3">τῆς ἐμεωυτοῦ γνώμης ὕ</b>. [[after]] my own [[opinion]] was formed, <span class="bibl">Id.2.18</span>; <b class="b3">τοῦ δέοντος ὕ</b>. [[later]] [[than]] [[ought]] to [[be]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>57</span>: c. dat. et gen., ἔτεσι πολλοῖσι ὕ. τούτων <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.140</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.91</span>; πολλῷ ὕ. τῶν Τρωϊκῶν <span class="bibl">Th.1.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Isoc. 19.22</span>: followed by ἤ, τεσσαρακοστῇ ἡμέρᾳ ὕ… ἢ ποτείδαια ἀπέστη <span class="bibl">Th. 1.60</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">6.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> in Adv. sense with Preps., ἐς ὕστερον <span class="bibl">Od.12.126</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>351</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.41</span>,<span class="bibl">74</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1194</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>720</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>82b</span>, etc.: ἐν ὑστέρῳ <span class="bibl">Th.3.13</span>, <span class="bibl">8.27</span>: ἐξ ὑστέρου <span class="bibl">D.S.14.109</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.4.73</span>; also ἐξ ὑστέρης <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.108</span>, <span class="bibl">5.106</span>, <span class="bibl">6.85</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">B</span> [[ὕστατος]], η, ον, [[last]]: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> of [[place]], ἅμα θ' οἱ πρῶτοί τε καὶ ὕστατοι <span class="bibl">Il.2.281</span>; εὐθυντὴρ ὕστατος [[νεώς]] = [[hindmost]], of a [[rudder]], <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Supp.</span>717</span>; ἡμῖν τοῖς ὑ. κατακειμενοις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>177e</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of [[time]], τίνα πρῶτον, τίνα δ' ὕ. ἐξενάριξεν; <span class="bibl">Il.11.299</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.703</span>, E <span class="title">HF</span>485, etc.; ὁ δ' ὕ. γε . . πρεσβεύεται <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1300</span>; <b class="b3">ἡλίου . . πρὸς ὕ. φῶς</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1324</span>; <b class="b3">τὸν ὕ. μέλψασα γόον</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1445</span>; τοὔπος ὕ. θροεῖ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>864</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ὑστάτη</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ἡμέρα]]) <b class="b3"> τῆς ὁρτῆς</b> the [[last]] [[day]] of... <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.151</span>; ἐν τοῖσιν ὑ. φράσω <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Ra.</span>908</span>; <b class="b3">οὐκ ἐν ὑστάτοις</b> [[not]] [[among]] the [[last]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>1115</span>; οἱ ὕστατοι εἰπόντες <span class="bibl">D.1.16</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ὕστατος ἁλώσιος ἀντάσαις</b> [[meet]]ing with his [[downfall]] [[at last]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>10(11).41</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> of Rank or Degree, οὐκ ἐν ὑστάτοις <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>315</span>; τὰ [[ὕστατα]] [[πάσχειν]], like [[τὰ ἔσχατα]], Luc.<span class="title">Phal.</span>1.5. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> for regul. Adv. [[ὑστάτως]] (which occurs only in <span class="title">Hippiatr.</span> 20), the neut. sg. and pl. are used, πύματόν τε καὶ ὕστατον <span class="bibl">Od.20.116</span>; [[ὕστατα]] καὶ πύματα <span class="bibl">4.685</span>, <span class="bibl">20.13</span>; νῦν ὕστατα <span class="bibl">Il.1.232</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.22.78</span>; ὕστατα ὁρμηθέντες <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.43</span>; καὶ [[πρῶτον]] καὶ [[ὕστατον]] <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Mx.</span>247a</span>; <b class="b3">ὕ. δή σε προσεροῦσι, τὸ ὕ. προσειπεῖν</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phd.</span>60a</span>, Luc.<span class="title">VH</span>1.30. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in Adv. sense with Preps., [[ἐν ὑστάτοις]] = [[at last]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>620c</span>; [[εἰς τὸ ὕστατον]] = [[extremely]], [[γέρων]] ἐς τὸ [[ὕστατον]] <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Herm.</span>9</span>.</span>