κατόπισθεν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κᾰτόπῐσθε (kătópĭsthe)

Etymology

From κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-) +‎ ὄπῐσθεν (ópĭsthen).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.tó.pis.tʰen/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈto.pis.tʰen/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈto.pis.θen/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈto.pis.θen/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈto.pis.θen/

Adverb

κᾰτόπῐσθεν • (kătópĭsthen)

in the rear; behind
in the future; afterward

Preposition

κᾰτόπῐσθεν • (kătópĭsthen) (governs the genitive)

after; behind

Further reading

“κατόπισθεν”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
κατόπισθεν in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
κατόπισθεν in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“κατόπισθεν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press