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ὀπίσω ὄπις of Place, backwards, opp. to πρόσω, Il.:—in Prose also τὸ ὀπίσω, contr. τοὐπίσω, Hdt., Attic back, back again, i. e. by the same way as one came, Od., Hdt. again, ἀνακτᾶσθαι ὀπ. Hdt., etc. c. gen., δεῦτε ὀπ. μου come after me, follow me, NTest. of Time, hereafter, since the future is unseen or behind us, whereas the past is known and before our eyes, Hom.; ἅμα πρόσσω καὶ ὀπ. λεύσσει Il.; οὔτʼ ἐνθάδʼ ὁρῶν οὔτʼ ὀπίσω neither present nor future, Soph. ἐν τοῖσι ὀπίσω λόγοις in the following books, Hdt.

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ὀπίσω

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ὀπίσω

Headword (normalized/stripped):

οπισω

IDX:

23395

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n23419

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o)pi/sw

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