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|Definition=[ῐ], Ep. [[ὀπίσσω]], the former rare in Hom. and only in signf. ''1''; Aeol. [[ὐπίσσω]] Sapph.''Supp.''8.9:—Adv.:<br><span class="bld">I</span> of [[place]], [[backwards]], opp. to [[πρόσω]], Il.12.272; to [[προπρηνές]], 3.218; ἀνεχάζετο τυτθὸν ὀπίσσω 5.443; ἀ. πολλὸν ὀ. 16.710; πάλιν εἶσιν ὀπίσσω Od.11.149: in Prose also, <b class="b3">τὸ ὀπίσω</b>, contr. [[τοὐπίσω]], τὸ ὀ. φεύγειν Hdt.1.207, cf. 8.108; ἄναγε εἰς τοὐπίσω [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 528a, cf. Th.4.4, Arist.''Fr.''106, etc.; [γνάμ]φθη δ' ὀπίσσω [φάσγα]νον B.12.53; <b class="b3">τὰ ὀ.</b> the [[hinder parts]], [[LXX]] ''Jl.''2.20; τοῦ προπύλου τὸ ὀ. μέρος ''SIG''756.17 (Athens, i B. C.); <b class="b3">τὴν ὀ. τοῦ προπύλου στέγην</b> ib.12; <b class="b3">ἐκ τοῦ ὀ.</b> on the [[back]] (of the papyrus), ''BGU''1002.16 (i B. C.); τἀπίλοιπα ὀ. ''PTeb.''58.37 (ii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[back]], [[back again]], of movement, ἀπήνυσαν οἴκαδ' ὀπίσσω Od.7.326; ὀπίσω πάλιν οἴκαδε Pi.''N.''3.62; ἂψ ὀ. Theoc.25.74; ἀπίκοντο ὀ. Hdt.1.62; <b class="b3">ὀ. πορευόμενοι</b> ib.75; <b class="b3">ὀ. ἀναπλῶσαι</b> ib.78; <b class="b3">ἐν τῇ ὀ. κομιδῇ</b> on his way [[back]], Id.8.120, cf. 1.111, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[back again]], [[again]], of action that reverses an action or occurrence, <b class="b3">ἀνακτᾶσθαι ὀ. τὴν τυραννίδα</b> ib.61, cf. 68, 2.14; ἀποδόντες ὀ. Id.5.92.<b class="b3">γ'</b>; σφραγίζεις λύεις τ' ὀπίσω E.''IA''38(anap.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> c. gen., <b class="b3">δεῦτε ὀ. μου</b> come [[after]] me, follow me, ''Ev.Matt.''4.19.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of [[time]], [[hereafter]], since the future is unseen and was therefore regarded as [[behind]] us, whereas the past is known and therefore before our eyes, ἡμῖν τεκέεσσί τ' ὀπίσσω πῆμα λίποιτο Il.3.160; <b class="b3">Τρῳαὶ δέ μ' ὀπίσσω πᾶσαι μωμήσονται</b> ib.411, cf. Hes. ''Op.''741, ''Th.''488; ἔς περ ὀπίσσω Od.20.199 (εἰσοπίσω S.''Ph.''1104(lyr.)); opp. to νῦν, τούτῳ δ' οὔτ' ἂρ νῦν φρένες ἔμπεδοι [εἰσίν], οὔτ' ἄρ' ὀπίσσω ἔσσονται Il.6.352; to προπάροιθε, σεῖο δ', Ἀχιλλεῦ, οὔ τις ἀνὴρ προπάροιθε [ἦν] μακάρτατος, οὔτ' ἄρ' ὀπίσσω [ἔσσεται] Od.11.483; where [[ὀπίσσω]] and [[πρόσσω]] are opposed, [[πρόσσω]] must be the past and [[ὀπίσσω]] the [[future]], οἶδε νοῆσαι ἅμα πρόσσω καὶ ὀπίσσω Il.1.343; ἅμα πρόσσω καὶ ὀ. λεύσσει 3.109; ὅρα πρόσσω καὶ ὀ. 18.250, Od.24.452; so ὅσα τ' ἦν ὅσα τ' ἔσθ' ὅσα τ' ἔσται ὀπίσσω Emp.21.9 (ap.[[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''1000a30); <b class="b3">οὔτ' ἐνθάδ' ὁρῶν οὔτ' ὀπίσω</b> neither present nor [[future]], S.''OT'' 488(lyr.); τοὐπίσω σκοπεῖν E.''Fr.''49; θνητὸς πεφυκὼς τοὐπίσω πειρῶ βλέπειν Isid.Trag.2; cf. [[ὄπισθεν]] II.1.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἐν τοῖσι ὀ. λόγοις</b> in the books [[yet to come]], in the [[following]] books, Hdt.1.75; cf. [[ὄπισθεν]] II.2.