μετόπισθε
metopisthe
behind, in the rear
Appears 28 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
μετόπισθε, before a vowel or metri gr. μετόπισθεν, sts. elided μετόπισθ’, Od. 22.345: Adv. (freq. in Ep., esp. Il.), 1. of Place, behind, in the rear, Il. 6.68; μ. λελειμμένοι left behind in Troy, 24.687; in the second rank, 17.261. 2. of Time, after, afterwards, freq. in , Il. 1.82, al.; ἀμαυροτέρη γενεὴ μ. λέλειπται Op. 284; ἢ πρόσθʼ ἢ μετόπισθεν Fr. 446.5 (anap.). II. Prep. c. gen., behind, Il. 9.504, Od. 9.539.
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