Scaife ATLAS

ὑστερέω ὕστερος to be behind or later, come late, Hdt., Attic c. gen. rei, to come later than, come too late for, ὑστέρησαν ἡμέρῃ μιῇ τῆς συγκειμένης came one day after the appointed day, Hdt.; τῆς Μυτιλήνης ὑστερήκει had come too late to save Mytilene, Thuc.; ὑστ. τῆς πατρίδος to fail to assist it, Xen. c. gen. pers. to come after him, Xen.; also c. dat. to come too late for him, Thuc. metaph. to come short of, be inferior to, τινός Plat., etc. to come short of, fail to obtain:—so in Mid., ὑστερεῖσθαί τινος NTest. absol. to be in want, NTest. of things, to fail, be wanting, Lat. deficere, NTest.

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to be behind, come late

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Headword:

ὑστερέω

Headword (normalized):

ὑστερέω

Headword (normalized/stripped):

υστερεω

IDX:

34332

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n34372

Key:

u(stere/w

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