The corpus record

ὀπισθο-φᾰνής

opisthophanes

seen from behind

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Where it lives

Genesis 2 · 0.67/10k

What it meant

ὀπισθο-φᾰνής · opistho-phanēs — LSJ

seen from behind, showing behind, appearing behind, after, reversing the image, looking backwards, backwards

seen from behind, IG 1(2).374.165 ; showing behind, Gal. 18(1).777 ; appearing behind or after, Vett.Val. 8.9 ; epith. of ἔνοπτρα, prob. reversing the image, Olymp. in Mete. 264.18 ; looking backwards, πρόσωπον LXX Ge. 9.23. Adv. -νῶς, πορεύεσθαι backwards, ibid. ; βαδίζειν Phlp. in Ph. 829.22, al.

In the wild

ὀπισθοφανῶς · opisthophanōs Septuaginta, Genesis 9
ὀπισθοφανές · opisthophanes Septuaginta, Genesis 9

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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