ὕστερος
"latter, last", comp. and Sup. without any Posit. adj. in use.
A. ὕστερος, η, ον "latter",
I. of Place, "latter, coming after, following", Eur., Xen.:—c. gen., ὕστεροι ἡμῶν "behind" us, Plat.; ὑστέρα νεώς "behind (slower than)" a ship, Aesch.
II. of Time, "next", Il.; τῷ ὑστέρῳ ἔτει in the "next" year, Xen.; ὑστέρῳ χρόνῳ in "after" time, Aesch., etc.:—c. gen. pers. "later than, after", Il., Plat.; also ὑστέρῳ χρόνῳ τούτων Hdt.
2. "later, too late", Il., Soph.
3. c. gen. rei, "too late for", Hdt., Ar.
4. as Subst. οἱ ὕστεροι =Lat. posteri, Eur.
III. of inferiority in Age, Worth, or Quality, γένει ὕστερος, i. e. younger, Il.:— c. gen., οὐδενὸς ὕστ. "second" to none, Soph., Thuc.; ὕστερος τῶν νόμων "below" the laws, Aeschin.
IV. neut. ὕστερον as adv. "behind", c. gen., Xen.
2. of Time, "later, afterwards", Hom., etc.; also ὕστερα Od.: —c. gen., ὕστερον τούτων "later than" these things, "after" them, Hdt.; πολλῷ ὕστ. τῶν Τρωικῶν Thuc.
3. in adv. sense with Preps., ἐς ὕστερον Od., Hdt., etc.: — ἐν ὑστέρῳ Thuc.:— ἐξ ὑστέρης Hdt.
B. ὕστατος, η, ον "last",
I. of Place, πρῶτοί τε καὶ ὕστατοι Il.
II. of Time, τίνα πρῶτον, τίνα δ᾽ ὕστατον ἐξενάριξεν; id=Il.; πρὸς ὕστ. φῶς Aesch.: ἡ ὑστάτη (sc. ἡμέρα) τῆς ὁρτῆς "the last day" of the feast, Hdt.; οὐκ ἐν ὑστάτοις not among "the last", Eur.; οἱ ὕστατοι εἰπόντες Dem., etc.:—c. gen., ὕστατος ἁλώσιος "all too late for..", Pind.
III. the neut. sg. and pl. as adv., πύματόν τε καὶ ὕστατον Od.; ὕστατα καὶ πύματα Il.; νῦν ὕστατα id=Il.; ὕστατα Hdt., etc.
2. in adv. sense with Preps., ἐν ὑστάτοις "at last", Plat.