A.hinder, belonging to the hinder part, IG12.369.12 ; τὰ ὀ. σκέλεα the hind-legs. Hdt.3.103, X.Eq.11.2 : sg., Arist.HA500b30 ; “πόδες” Semon.28, Philem.145 ; τένων ὁ ὀ. the tendo Achillis, Hp.Fract.11 ; so ὀπίσθια (sc. μόρια) Arist.GA722b29 ; τὸ ὀ. the hinder part, opp. τὸ πρόσθιον, Id.IA706b1 ; also of the cheek of animals, Id.HA492b23 : Subst. fem. ὀπισθία, hinder part, Epich. 90 ; of stars, following in the daily movement, Cleom.1.1. Adv. “-ίως” LXX 1 Ki.4.18.
ὀπίσθ-ιος , α, ον, (cf. πρόσθιος)
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.
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