κατόπιν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-) +‎ όπῐν (ópĭn, root of ὀπῐ́σω (opĭ́sō)).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.tó.pin/ → /kaˈto.pin/ → /kaˈto.pin/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.tó.pin/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈto.pin/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈto.pin/
• (10^th CE Medieval) IPA^(key): /kaˈto.pin/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈto.pin/

Adverb

κᾰτόπῐν • (kătópĭn)

1. behind; after
   • 431 BCE – 404 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.32.3:

     […] ἀλλ’ ἀμφίβολοι γίγνωνται τῷ πλήθει, εἰ μὲν τοῖς πρόσθεν ἐπίοιεν, ὑπὸ τῶν κατόπιν βαλλόμενοι, εἰ δὲ τοῖς πλαγίοις, ὑπὸ τῶν ἑκατέρωθεν παρατεταγμένων.

     […] all’ amphíboloi gígnōntai tōî plḗthei, ei mèn toîs prósthen epíoien, hupò tôn katópin ballómenoi, ei dè toîs plagíois, hupò tôn hekatérōthen paratetagménōn.

     • Translation by Richard Crawley

       […] plied by those in his rear if he attacked in front, and by those on one flank if he moved against those on the other.

2. (of time) after; hereafter
   • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Historia Plantarum 7.13.7:[1]

     […] ὅτι ταῦτα μὲν ἅμα τῷ ἄνθει προφαίνει τὸ φύλλον [ἢ] εὐθὺς κατόπιν, ὥστε καὶ διαζητεῖσθαι περί τινων, […]

     […] hóti taûta mèn háma tōî ánthei prophaínei tò phúllon [ḕ] euthùs katópin, hṓste kaì diazēteîsthai perí tinōn, […]

     • 1916 translation by Sir Arthur Hort

       […] while these two put forth their leaves along with the flowers or immediately afterwards […]

Further reading

• “κατόπιν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κατόπιν (katópin).

Adverb

κατόπιν • (katópin)

1. at
2. after
3. following