"ὄπισθεν" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ὄπισθεν in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ó.pis.tʰen/, /ˈo.pis.θen/, /ˈo.pis.θen/, /ó.pis.tʰen/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈo.pis.tʰen/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈo.pis.θen/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈo.pis.θen/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈo.pis.θen/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: ὄπῐσθεν [canonical], ópĭsthen [romanization]
Etymology: From ὀπῐ́σω (opĭ́sō) + -θεν (-then). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|ὀπῐ́σω|-θεν}} ὀπῐ́σω (opĭ́sō) + -θεν (-then) Head templates: {{head|grc|adverb|head=ὄπῐσθεν}} ὄπῐσθεν • (ópĭsthen)
  1. behind, at the back
    Sense id: en-ὄπισθεν-grc-adv-L-UchyXV
  2. backwards
    Sense id: en-ὄπισθεν-grc-adv-kMMy9N8c
  3. in the future, after, hereafter
    Sense id: en-ὄπισθεν-grc-adv-xvyM2TWA
  4. in the future, after, hereafter
    yet to come
    Sense id: en-ὄπισθεν-grc-adv-AAtOI80q Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -θεν, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 5 3 14 77 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -θεν: 12 8 23 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 0 12 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 0 5 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ὄπῐσθε (ópĭsthe), ὄπῐθεν (ópĭthen), ὄπῐθε (ópĭthe) Derived forms: κατόπισθεν (katópisthen), μετόπισθεν (metópisthen), ὀπῐσθοφόρος (opĭsthophóros), ὀπῐσθοφῠ́λᾰξ (opĭsthophŭ́lăx)

Alternative forms

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "prósthen",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “behind”",
      "word": "πρόσθεν"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "katópisthen",
      "word": "κατόπισθεν"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "metópisthen",
      "word": "μετόπισθεν"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "opĭsthophóros",
      "word": "ὀπῐσθοφόρος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "opĭsthophŭ́lăx",
      "word": "ὀπῐσθοφῠ́λᾰξ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "όπισθεν"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: όπισθεν (ópisthen)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: όπισθεν (ópisthen)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ὀπῐ́σω",
        "3": "-θεν"
      },
      "expansion": "ὀπῐ́σω (opĭ́sō) + -θεν (-then)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ὀπῐ́σω (opĭ́sō) + -θεν (-then).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ὄπῐσθεν",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ópĭsthen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "adverb",
        "head": "ὄπῐσθεν"
      },
      "expansion": "ὄπῐσθεν • (ópĭsthen)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.595"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "behind, at the back"
      ],
      "id": "en-ὄπισθεν-grc-adv-L-UchyXV",
      "links": [
        [
          "behind",
          "behind"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "backwards"
      ],
      "id": "en-ὄπισθεν-grc-adv-kMMy9N8c",
      "links": [
        [
          "backwards",
          "backwards"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 4.362"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in the future, after, hereafter"
      ],
      "id": "en-ὄπισθεν-grc-adv-xvyM2TWA",
      "links": [
        [
          "future",
          "future"
        ],
        [
          "after",
          "after"
        ],
        [
          "hereafter",
          "hereafter"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 3 14 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 8 23 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -θεν",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 0 12 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 0 5 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.22"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in the future, after, hereafter",
        "yet to come"
      ],
      "id": "en-ὄπισθεν-grc-adv-AAtOI80q",
      "links": [
        [
          "future",
          "future"
        ],
        [
          "after",
          "after"
        ],
        [
          "hereafter",
          "hereafter"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ó.pis.tʰen/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈo.pis.θen/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈo.pis.θen/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ó.pis.tʰen/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈo.pis.tʰen/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈo.pis.θen/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈo.pis.θen/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈo.pis.θen/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ópĭsthe",
      "word": "ὄπῐσθε"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ópĭthen",
      "word": "ὄπῐθεν"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ópĭthe",
      "word": "ὄπῐθε"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ὄπισθεν"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "prósthen",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “behind”",
      "word": "πρόσθεν"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 3-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek adverbs",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -θεν",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "katópisthen",
      "word": "κατόπισθεν"
    },
    {
      "roman": "metópisthen",
      "word": "μετόπισθεν"
    },
    {
      "roman": "opĭsthophóros",
      "word": "ὀπῐσθοφόρος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "opĭsthophŭ́lăx",
      "word": "ὀπῐσθοφῠ́λᾰξ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "όπισθεν"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: όπισθεν (ópisthen)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: όπισθεν (ópisthen)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ὀπῐ́σω",
        "3": "-θεν"
      },
      "expansion": "ὀπῐ́σω (opĭ́sō) + -θεν (-then)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ὀπῐ́σω (opĭ́sō) + -θεν (-then).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ὄπῐσθεν",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ópĭsthen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "adverb",
        "head": "ὄπῐσθεν"
      },
      "expansion": "ὄπῐσθεν • (ópĭsthen)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.595"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "behind, at the back"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "behind",
          "behind"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "backwards"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "backwards",
          "backwards"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 4.362"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in the future, after, hereafter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "future",
          "future"
        ],
        [
          "after",
          "after"
        ],
        [
          "hereafter",
          "hereafter"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.22"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in the future, after, hereafter",
        "yet to come"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "future",
          "future"
        ],
        [
          "after",
          "after"
        ],
        [
          "hereafter",
          "hereafter"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ó.pis.tʰen/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈo.pis.θen/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈo.pis.θen/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ó.pis.tʰen/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈo.pis.tʰen/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈo.pis.θen/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈo.pis.θen/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈo.pis.θen/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "ópĭsthe",
      "word": "ὄπῐσθε"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ópĭthen",
      "word": "ὄπῐθεν"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ópĭthe",
      "word": "ὄπῐθε"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ὄπισθεν"
}

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