backwards
From LSJ
ἡ δὲ φύσις φεύγει τὸ ἄπειρον· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἄπειρον ἀτελές, ἡ δὲ φύσις ἀεὶ ζητεῖ τέλος → nature, however, avoids what is infinite, because the infinite lacks completion and finality, whereas this is what Nature always seeks
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adverb
See back.
backwards and forwards V. πάλιν τε καὶ πρόσω (Eur., Hecuba 958); see to and fro under to.
