posterus

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Etymology[edit]

From post.

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posterus (feminine postera, neuter posterum, comparative posterior, superlative postrēmus or postumus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. following, next, coming after
  2. (figuratively) inferior

Declension[edit]

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative posterus postera posterum posterī posterae postera
Genitive posterī posterae posterī posterōrum posterārum posterōrum
Dative posterō posterō posterīs
Accusative posterum posteram posterum posterōs posterās postera
Ablative posterō posterā posterō posterīs
Vocative postere postera posterum posterī posterae postera
  • The masculine nominative singular is unattested in classical Latin (compare cēterus).

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References[edit]

  • posterus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • posterus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • posterus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to put off till another time; to postpone: aliquid in aliud tempus, in posterum differre
    • for the future: in posterum; in futurum
    • (ambiguous) posterity: posteri