Κατ' οὐράν

at the rear

Translated by David Whitehead28 Aug 2008Vetting: high3 revisions

5 words

[Meaning] behind, from the back.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κατ' οὐράν· κατόπισθεν, ἐκ τῶν ὀπίσω.

Betacode

*kat' ou)ra/n: kato/pisqen, e)k tw=n o)pi/sw.

Same or similar entry in other lexica. For the headword phrase cf. e.g. under kappa 738, mu 681, sigma 1513. (It literally means 'by the tail'.) Theodoridis at Photius s.v. suggests several passages of Xenophon from where it might be quoted.