ὄπισθεν, in Ion. (Hdt.4.72, al., SIG46.65 (Halic., v B. C.), etc.) and late Att. (Luc.Am. 16, etc.) ὄπισθε before a conson., as also in Poets, E.Cyc.545, IT1333: poet. also ὄπῐθενIl.6.181, al., Pi.O.10(11).35, A.Pers.1001 (lyr.):— Adv.: I. of Place,
to the front (metaph.), S.Aj. 1249; αἱ ὄ. ἁψῖδεσ the
hinder
fellies, Hdt.4.72; τὰ ὄ. the
hinder parts, rear, back,
Il.11.613; οἱ ὄ. ἁρμοίIG12.372.117; εἰς τοὔπισθεν
back, backwards,
E.Ph.1410, Pl.Sph.261b, etc.; εἰς τ. τοξεύειν, i. e.
'versis sagittis',
like the Parthians, X.An.3.3.10: opp. ἐκ τοὔπισθενAr.Ec.482, cf. Th.7.79, X.An.4.1.6; ἐν τῷ ὄ.Pl.R.614c, X.Cyn.9.8, etc.; ὄ. ποιήσασθαι τὸν ποταμόν place the river
the voice, Pi.O. 6.63; γνώμης πατρῴας πάντ' ὄ. ἑστάναιS.Ant.640; also τούτοισι δ' ὄ. ἴτωCratin.30; πνοιαῖς ὄπιθεν ΒορέαPi.O.3.31 (s. v.l.). II. of Time,
after, in future, hereafter,
Il.4.362, Od.2.270, 18.168, etc.; either of a thing absolutely future, or of one which follows something else, opp. αὐτίκα,Il.9.519; ὄπιθεν οὐ πολλόνPi.O.10(11).35; πολλοῖς μησὶν ὄ.Theoc.Ep.22.8; cf. ὀπίσω 11.1. 2.ἐν τοῖσι ὄ. λόγοισι in the books
yet to come,
in the
following
books, Hdt.5.22, 7.213; cf. ὀπίσω 11.2: but, in Gramm., of what has gone before, Sch. Od.3.366, Hsch. s.v. Ἴωνεσ, Sch.Ar.Ra.1488; ὁ ὄπιθεν χρόνοσ the
earlier
time, PMasp.158.22 (vi A. D.):— for Comp. ὀπίστερος, Sup. ὀπίστατος, v. sub vocc. (Prob. from ὄπισ 'back', contained in ἀνόπιν, κατόπιν, μετόπιν, ὀπίσω.)