μετόπισθε: Difference between revisions

|Definition=before a vowel or metri gr. μετόπισθεν, sometimes elided μετόπισθ’, <span class="bibl">Od.22.345</span>: Adv. (freq. in Ep., esp. Il.), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> of [[place]], [[behind]], [[in the rear]], <span class="bibl">Il.6.68</span>; <b class="b3">μ. λελειμμένοι</b> left [[behind]] in Troy, <span class="bibl">24.687</span>; [[in the second rank]], <span class="bibl">17.261</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of [[time]], [[after]], [[afterwards]], freq. in Hom., <span class="bibl">Il.1.82</span>, al.; ἀμαυροτέρη γενεὴ μ. λέλειπται <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>284</span>; ἢ πρόσθ' ἢ μετόπισθεν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>446.5</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Prep. c. gen., [[behind]], <span class="bibl">Il.9.504</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.9.539</span>.</span>