The corpus record

μετόπισθε

metopisthe

behind, in the rear

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Where it lives

Works and Days 3 · 5.2/10k
Iliad 18 · 1.61/10k
Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
Odyssey 10 · 1.15/10k
Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

μετόπισθε · metopisthe — LSJ

1 behind, in the rear, behind, in the second rank

of Place, behind, in the rear, Il. 6.68; μ. λελειμμένοι left behind in Troy, 24.687; in the second rank, 17.261.

2 after, afterwards

of Time, after, afterwards, freq. in Hom., Il. 1.82, al.; ἀμαυροτέρη γενεὴ μ. λέλειπται Hes. Op. 284; ἢ πρόσθʼ ἢ μετόπισθεν E. Fr. 446.5 (anap.).

II behind

Prep. c. gen., behind, Il. 9.504, Od. 9.539.

In the wild

μετόπισθεν · metopisthen Aristotle, Rhetoric 2
μετόπισθεν · metopisthen Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6225)
μετόπισθεν · metopisthen Herodotus, Histories 6.86C.2 (DIORISIS sentence 6706)
μετόπισθεν · metopisthen Theogony 209–210
μετόπισθεν · metopisthen Works and Days 126–129
μετόπισθε · metopisthe Works and Days 282–284

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Where it came from

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