ὑστερ-έω (ustereo)

ὑστερ-έω · hyster-eō — LSJ

to be behind, later, come late, occur later

to be behind or later, come late, opp. προτερέω or φθάνω, ὑστέρησαν οἱ ἄγοντες Hdt. 1.70, cf. E. Ph. 976, X. HG 5.1.3, Pl. Grg. 447a: c. dat. modi, ὑ. τῇ διώξει Th. 1.134; τῇ βοηθείᾳ D. 59.3: simply, occur later, of thunder after lightning, Epicur. Ep. 2p.46U.

II come later than, come too late for, came, after, came too late for, had come too late, fail to assist, miss

c. gen. rei, come later than, come too late for, ὑστέρησαν (v.l. ὑστέρισαν) ἡμέρῃ μιῇ τῆς συγκειμένης came one day after the appointed day, Hdt. 6.89; ὑ. τῆς μάχης ἡμέραις (sic leg. cum cod.C1, pro -ρας) πέντε came too late for the battle by five days, X. An. 1.7.12; ὑστερήσαντες οὐ πολλῷ Th. 8.44; ὑ. δείπνου Amphis 39; ἐπειδὴ τῆς Μυτιλήνης ὑστερήκει had come too late to save M., Th. 3.31; ὑ. τῆς πατρίδος fail to assist it, X. Ages. 2.1; τῶν λέμβων ὑ. miss them, Plb. 5.101.4; τῶν καιρῶν Arist. S

2 come after, come too late for

c. gen. pers., come after him, ὑ. εἰς Ἁλίαρτον τοῦ Λυσάνδρου X. HG 3.5.25: also c. dat., come too late for him, Th. 7.29.

ὑ. ἔς τι Hp. Epid. 6.7.3.

III lag behind, be inferior to

metaph., lag behind, be inferior to, τῶν . . ἀποστόλων 2 Ep.Cor. 11.5; ἐμπειρίᾳ ὑ. τῶν ἄλλων Pl. R. 539e; μηδʼ ἐν ἄλλῳ μηδενὶ μέρει ἀρετῆς ὑ. ib. 484d; ἵνα γνῶ τί ὑστερῶ ἐγώ LXX Ps. 38(39).5.

2 fall below, fail to do justice to

fall below, fail to do justice to a theme, ὑστερήσας οὐδὲν τῆς τέχνης Luc. Par. 60.

IV fail to obtain, lack, having lost

fail to obtain, lack, τἀγαθοῦ Clearch.Com. 3.5; τοῦ δικαίου PEnteux. 86.11 (iii B. C.); ξύλων ἀκανθίνων οὐχ ὑστεροῦσι, ἀλλʼ ἢ ἔχουσιν ἱκανά PCair.Zen. 270.5 (iii B. C.):—Med. (with aor. Pass.), ὑστερεῖσθαί τινος D.S. 18.71, Ep.Rom. 3.23, J. AJ 15.6.7, PMasp. 2 iii 14 (vi A. D.); ὑστερηθεὶς τῆς ὁράσεως having lost his sight, PLond. 5.1708.85 (vi A. D.); δάνιον δανιεῖς αὐτῷ ὅσον ἂν ἐπιδέηται καὶ καθʼ ὅσον ὑστερεῖται LXX De. 15.8 (cod. A); in fut. Med., παιδὸς ὑστερήσομαι (ἐστερήσομαι corr. Reiske)

2 fail, come to grief, fall short of supplies, to be in want, who have failed

abs., fail, come to grief, Phld. Oec. p.50 J.; fall short of supplies, ἵνα μηθὲν ὑστερῇ τὰ ἐλαιούργια PHib. 1.43.6 (iii B. C.):—Med., to be in want, Ev.Luc. 15.14, 1 Ep.Cor. 8.8; pf. part. ὑστερημένοι those who have failed, Phld. Herc. 1457.9.

V fail, be wanting

of things, fail, be wanting, Dsc. 5.75.13, Ev.Jo. 2.3; ἕν σε (v.l. σοι) ὑστερεῖ Ev.Marc. 10.21; ὡς μὴ ὑστερεῖν τι ὑμῖν τῶν ὑπαρχόντων δικαίων BGU 1074.7 (iii A. D.).—Cf. ὑστερίζω throughout.

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