ὀπίσω
Etym. ὄπις
I. of Place, "backwards", opp. to πρόσω, Il.:—in Prose also τὸ ὀπίσω, contr. τοὐπίσω, Hdt., attic
2. "back, back again", i. e. by the same way as one came, Od., Hdt.
3. "again", ἀνακτᾶσθαι ὀπ. Hdt., etc.
4. c. gen., δεῦτε ὀπ. μου come "after" me, follow me, NTest.
II. of Time, "hereafter", since the future is unseen or "behind" us, whereas "the past" is known and "before" our eyes, Hom.; ἅμα πρόσσω καὶ ὀπ. λεύσσει Il.; οὔτ᾽ ἐνθάδ᾽ ὁρῶν οὔτ᾽ ὀπίσω neither present nor "future", Soph.
2. ἐν τοῖσι ὀπίσω λόγοις in the "following" books, Hdt.