LXXJl.2.20; τοῦ προπύλου τὸ ὀ. μέροσSIG756.17 (Athens, i B. C.); τὴν ὀ. τοῦ προπύλου στέγην ib.12; ἐκ τοῦ ὀ. on the
back
(of the papyrus), BGU1002.16 (i B. C.); τἀπίλοιπα ὀ.PTeb.58.37(ii B. C.). 2.
back, back again,
of movement, ἀπήνυσαν οἴκαδ' ὀπίσσωOd.7.326; ὀπίσω πάλιν οἴκαδεPi.N.3.62; ἂψ ὀ.Theoc.25.74; ἀπίκοντο ὀ.Hdt.1.62; ὀ. πορευόμενοι ib.75; ὀ. ἀναπλῶσαι ib.78; ἐν τῇ ὀ. κομιδῇ on his way
back,
Id.8.120, cf. 1.111, etc. 3.
back again, again,
of action that reverses an action or occurrence, ἀνακτᾶσθαι ὀ. τὴν τυραννίδα ib.61, cf. 68, 2.14; ἀποδόντες ὀ.Id.5.92.γ'; σφραγίζεις λύεις τ' ὀπίσωE.IA38(anap.). 4. c. gen., δεῦτε ὀ. μου come
after
me, follow me, Ev.Matt.4.19. II. 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 λίποιτοIl.3.160; Τρῳαὶ δέ μ' ὀπίσσω πᾶσαι μωμήσονται ib.411, cf. Hes.Op.741, Th.488; ἔς περ ὀπίσσωOd.20.199 (εἰσοπίσωS.Ph.1104(lyr.)); opp. to νῦν, τούτῳ δ' οὔτ' ἂρ νῦν φρένες ἔμπεδοι [εἰσίν], οὔτ' ἄρ' ὀπίσσω ἔσσονταιIl.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