(posterus) adj. with comp. posterior, us, and sup. postremus
post.
I.I. Posit. (not used in sing.
nom
m
.),
coming after, following, next, ensuing, subsequent, future
: cum ibi diem posterum commoraretur: postero die,
S.: posterā nocte, N.:
postera aetas, H.: posterā Crescam laude,
in the esteem of posterity
, H.—Plur
m
. as subst,
coming generations, descendants, posterity
: sic vestri posteri de vobis
praedicabunt.—Ellipt.: quam minimum credula postero (sc. tempori),
to-morrow
, H.: in posterum oppugnationem differt,
the next day
, Cs.: in posterum (sc. tempus)
confirmat,
for the future
, Cs.: longe in posterum
prospicere.— As subst
n., a sequence, result
: posterum et consequens.—
II.II. Comp,
that comes after, next in order, following, latter, later, posterior
: ut cum priore (dicto) posterius cohaerere videatur: nec
acumine posteriorum (oratorum), nec fulmine utens superiorum: Pars prior apparet,
posteriora latent, O.: cogitationes,
afterthoughts
: quod prius ordine verbum est, Posterius facias,
H.: Posterior partīs superat mensura
priores, i. e.
the bulk of the hinder parts
, O.—Fig.,
inferior, of less account, of lower value, worse
: nihil posterius, nihil nequius: non posteriores feram (sc.
partīs),
I shall not be behindhand
, T.: utrum posterior an infelicior esset
iudicare: quorum utrique patriae salus posterior suā dominatione
fuit.—
III.III. Sup,
hindmost, last, aftermost, rear
: alia prima ponet, alia postrema: acies,
S.: nec postrema cura,
not the last
, V.—Plur
n
. as subst,
the last, rear
: in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis
adesse, S.: non in postremis,
especially
(cf. in primis): Messapus primas acies, postrema coërcent Tyrrhidae
iuvenes, V.—Fig.,
the last, lowest, basest, meanest, worst
: genus: servitus postremum malorum omnium.