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(adv.prep.) : post (form poste, Enn. An. 235; Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 131; id. Stich. 2, 2, 56), adv. and prep. root pas-; Sanscr. pac-kas, behind; Gr. πύματος (for πόσματος); Lat. pone, postremus.
* Adv.
* Of place, behind, back, backwards (class.): ante aut post,Liv. 22, 5, 8: servi, qui post erant,Cic. Mil. 10, 29: lacertis priora genua post curvantur,backwards,Plin. 11, 45, 102, § 249: sed ubi periculum advenit, invidia atque superbia post fuere, remained behind, were forgotten, Sall. C. 23, 7: post minor est,i.e. shorter when seen from behind,Juv. 6, 504.
* Prep. with acc., behind.
* Ante ... post, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 47 Vahl.): post duobus mensibus,Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 33: initio ... post autem,Cic. Fam. 7, 5; id. Dom. 55, 140; Sall. J. 55, 8: duxi probum, erravi, post cognovi, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 160 Vahl.): multis post annis,many years after,Cic. Fl. 23, 56: paucis diebus post,Plaut. Men. prol. 36: multis annis post,id. ib. 5, 9, 72: biennio post,Cic. Brut. 91, 316: quam te post multis tueor tempestatibus? after how long a time? Pac. ap. Non. 414, 3: aliquanto post,some time after, shortly after,Cic. Caecin. 4, 11: post aliquanto,id. Or. 30, 107: paulo post valens,a little later,id. Fam. 16, 5, 2: post paulo,soon after,Caes. B. C. 1, 29: multo post quam,long after,Cic. Att. 12, 49; cf. Liv. 24, 3, 14 Weissenb.: post tanto,so long after,Verg. G. 3, 476: post non multo,not long afterwards,Nep. Paus. 3, 1: neque ita multo,and not very long afterwards,id. Cim. 3, 4.—With inde, deinde, and afterwards, and then: et post inde, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 59 Müll. (Ann. v. 11 Vahl.): inde pedes et crura mori, post inde per artus, etc.,Lucr. 3, 529: primum ... post deinde,Ter. And. 3, 2, 3; Nep. Eum. 5, 5.
* Of place: post me erat Aegina, ante Megara, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4; Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 52: post nostra castra,Caes. B. G. 2, 9: post tergum,id. ib. 7, 88: post carecta,Verg. E. 3, 20: post montem se occultare,Caes. B. G. 7, 83: post se alligare,Plin. 26, 9, 58, § 91: post equitem sedet atra cura,Hor. C. 3, 1, 40.
* Trop., beneath, inferior to, less important than: neque erat Lydia post Chloen,Hor. C. 3, 9, 6: tantus erat ambitionis furor, ut nemo tibi post te videatur, si aliquis ante te fuerit,Sen. Ep. 104, 9: ut sua necessaria post illius honorem haberent,Sall. J. 73, 6; Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 34.
* Of time, after, since: aliquot post menses,Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 128: maxima post hominum memoriam classis,since the memory of man,Nep. Them. 5, 3: post M. Brutum proconsulem,after the proconsulate,Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 97.—So with part. constr.: post urbem conditam,since the city was founded,Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 14: post homines natos,id. Brut. 62, 224; id. Mil. 26, 69: sexennio post Veios captos,after the taking of Veii,id. Div. 1, 44, 100 al. —Put after the noun: hunc post,Cic. Tusc. 2, 6, 15.—With quam: decessit post annum quartum quam expulsus fuerat,Nep. Arist. 3, 3; cf.: post annum quintum, quo expulsus erat,id. Cim. 3, 3: post id, post illa, after this, after that, afterwards: post id cum lassus fueris,Plaut. Cas. 1, 42: qui foret post illa natus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 67 Vahl.): eum numquam post illa vidi,Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 43: post illa,Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 33: post haec deinde,then after this, and next,Col. 3, 4: post Hectora,Ov. M. 12, 607.
* Transf., besides, except: post sidera caeli sola Jovem Semele vidit,Calp. Ecl. 10, 22.
* Adv.
* Of place, behind, back, backwards (class.): ante aut post,Liv. 22, 5, 8: servi, qui post erant,Cic. Mil. 10, 29: lacertis priora genua post curvantur,backwards,Plin. 11, 45, 102, § 249: sed ubi periculum advenit, invidia atque superbia post fuere, remained behind, were forgotten, Sall. C. 23, 7: post minor est,i.e. shorter when seen from behind,Juv. 6, 504.
* Prep. with acc., behind.
* Ante ... post, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 47 Vahl.): post duobus mensibus,Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 33: initio ... post autem,Cic. Fam. 7, 5; id. Dom. 55, 140; Sall. J. 55, 8: duxi probum, erravi, post cognovi, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 160 Vahl.): multis post annis,many years after,Cic. Fl. 23, 56: paucis diebus post,Plaut. Men. prol. 36: multis annis post,id. ib. 5, 9, 72: biennio post,Cic. Brut. 91, 316: quam te post multis tueor tempestatibus? after how long a time? Pac. ap. Non. 414, 3: aliquanto post,some time after, shortly after,Cic. Caecin. 4, 11: post aliquanto,id. Or. 30, 107: paulo post valens,a little later,id. Fam. 16, 5, 2: post paulo,soon after,Caes. B. C. 1, 29: multo post quam,long after,Cic. Att. 12, 49; cf. Liv. 24, 3, 14 Weissenb.: post tanto,so long after,Verg. G. 3, 476: post non multo,not long afterwards,Nep. Paus. 3, 1: neque ita multo,and not very long afterwards,id. Cim. 3, 4.—With inde, deinde, and afterwards, and then: et post inde, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 59 Müll. (Ann. v. 11 Vahl.): inde pedes et crura mori, post inde per artus, etc.,Lucr. 3, 529: primum ... post deinde,Ter. And. 3, 2, 3; Nep. Eum. 5, 5.
* Of place: post me erat Aegina, ante Megara, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4; Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 52: post nostra castra,Caes. B. G. 2, 9: post tergum,id. ib. 7, 88: post carecta,Verg. E. 3, 20: post montem se occultare,Caes. B. G. 7, 83: post se alligare,Plin. 26, 9, 58, § 91: post equitem sedet atra cura,Hor. C. 3, 1, 40.
* Trop., beneath, inferior to, less important than: neque erat Lydia post Chloen,Hor. C. 3, 9, 6: tantus erat ambitionis furor, ut nemo tibi post te videatur, si aliquis ante te fuerit,Sen. Ep. 104, 9: ut sua necessaria post illius honorem haberent,Sall. J. 73, 6; Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 34.
* Of time, after, since: aliquot post menses,Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 128: maxima post hominum memoriam classis,since the memory of man,Nep. Them. 5, 3: post M. Brutum proconsulem,after the proconsulate,Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 97.—So with part. constr.: post urbem conditam,since the city was founded,Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 14: post homines natos,id. Brut. 62, 224; id. Mil. 26, 69: sexennio post Veios captos,after the taking of Veii,id. Div. 1, 44, 100 al. —Put after the noun: hunc post,Cic. Tusc. 2, 6, 15.—With quam: decessit post annum quartum quam expulsus fuerat,Nep. Arist. 3, 3; cf.: post annum quintum, quo expulsus erat,id. Cim. 3, 3: post id, post illa, after this, after that, afterwards: post id cum lassus fueris,Plaut. Cas. 1, 42: qui foret post illa natus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 67 Vahl.): eum numquam post illa vidi,Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 43: post illa,Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 33: post haec deinde,then after this, and next,Col. 3, 4: post Hectora,Ov. M. 12, 607.
* Transf., besides, except: post sidera caeli sola Jovem Semele vidit,Calp. Ecl. 10, 22.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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