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pōmĕrīdĭānus (postm-), a, um, adj. [post-meridianus], in the afternoon, post-meridian: impetratum est a consuetudine, ut peccare suavitatis causā liceret, et pomeridianus quadrigas quam postmeridianus libentius dixerim, Cic. Or. 47, 157: pomeridianum tempus, id. de Or. 3, 5, 17; also: postmeridianum tempus, id. Tusc. 3, 3, 7: dies, Sen. Ep. 7, 3, 1: horae, Suet. Gram. 24: gnomonis umbra, Vitr. 1, 6: pomeridiana sessio (opp. ambulatio antemeridiana), Cic. de Or. 3, 30, 121: litterae, id. Att. 12, 53 fin.

pōmērĭum and pōmoerĭum (the first is most freq. in inscrr., the latter in MSS.; but the better manuscripts have also, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 13, and Tac. A. 12, 23 and 24, pomerium. A third form, post-moerium, Varr. L. L. 5, § 143 Müll., seems merely to have been assumed from the etymology; a fourth archaic form is posi-merium, pontificale pomoerium, qui auspicato olim quidem omnem urbem ambiebat praeter Aventinum … estque prosimerium quasi proxi-murium, pontifices auspicabantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 248 Müll.), ĭi, n. [post-moerus = murus].

  1. I. Lit., the open space left free from buildings within and without the walls of a town, bounded by stones (cippi or termini), and limiting the city auspices, Varr. L. L. 5, § 143 Müll.; Liv. 1, 44; Gell. 13, 14, 6; 15, 27, 4; Tac. A. 12, 23 and 24: POMERIVM, Inscr. (746 A. U. C.) Orell. 1; Inscr. Grut. 242 (Orell. 1, p. 567); Inscr. Orell. 710; Inscr. (A. D. 121) Orell. 811: pomoerium intrare, transire, Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11: de pomoerii jure, id. Div. 2, 35, 75: sales intra pomeria nati, i. e. of the city, Juv. 9, 11.
  2. II. Trop., bounds, limits (ante- and post-class.): qui minore pomerio finierunt, who have prescribed narrower limits to themselves, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 13; Macr. S. 1, 24.

post (form poste, Enn. An. 235; Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 131; id. Stich. 2, 2, 56), adv. and prep. [root pas-; Sanscr. pac-kas, behind; Gr. πύματος (for πόσματος); Lat. pone, postremus].

  1. I. Adv.
    1. A. Of place, behind, back, backwards (class.): ante aut post, Liv. 22, 5, 8: servi, qui post erant, Cic. Mil. 10, 29: lacertis priora genua post curvantur, backwards, Plin. 11, 45, 102, § 249: sed ubi periculum advenit, invidia atque superbia post fuere, remained behind, were forgotten, Sall. C. 23, 7: post minor est, i.e. shorter when seen from behind, Juv. 6, 504.
    2. B. Of time, afterwards, after: nunc et post semper, old poet in Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 115.
      1. 2. Ante … post, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 47 Vahl.): post duobus mensibus, Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 33: initio … post autem, Cic. Fam. 7, 5; id. Dom. 55, 140; Sall. J. 55, 8: duxi probum, erravi, post cognovi, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 160 Vahl.): multis post annis, many years after, Cic. Fl. 23, 56: paucis diebus post, Plaut. Men. prol. 36: multis annis post, id. ib. 5, 9, 72: biennio post, Cic. Brut. 91, 316: quam te post multis tueor tempestatibus? after how long a time? Pac. ap. Non. 414, 3: aliquanto post, some time after, shortly after, Cic. Caecin. 4, 11: post aliquanto, id. Or. 30, 107: paulo post valens, a little later, id. Fam. 16, 5, 2: post paulo, soon after, Caes. B. C. 1, 29: multo post quam, long after, Cic. Att. 12, 49; cf. Liv. 24, 3, 14 Weissenb.: post tanto, so long after, Verg. G. 3, 476: post non multo, not long afterwards, Nep. Paus. 3, 1: neque ita multo, and not very long afterwards, id. Cim. 3, 4.
        With inde, deinde, and afterwards, and then: et post inde, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 59 Müll. (Ann. v. 11 Vahl.): inde pedes et crura mori, post inde per artus, etc., Lucr. 3, 529: primum … post deinde, Ter. And. 3, 2, 3; Nep. Eum. 5, 5.
  2. II. Prep. with acc., behind.
    1. A. Of place: post me erat Aegina, ante Megara, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4; Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 52: post nostra castra, Caes. B. G. 2, 9: post tergum, id. ib. 7, 88: post carecta, Verg. E. 3, 20: post montem se occultare, Caes. B. G. 7, 83: post se alligare, Plin. 26, 9, 58, § 91: post equitem sedet atra cura, Hor. C. 3, 1, 40.
      1. 2. Trop., beneath, inferior to, less important than: neque erat Lydia post Chloen, Hor. C. 3, 9, 6: tantus erat ambitionis furor, ut nemo tibi post te videatur, si aliquis ante te fuerit, Sen. Ep. 104, 9: ut sua necessaria post illius honorem haberent, Sall. J. 73, 6; Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 34.
    2. B. Of time, after, since: aliquot post menses, Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 128: maxima post hominum memoriam classis, since the memory of man, Nep. Them. 5, 3: post M. Brutum proconsulem, after the proconsulate, Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 97.
      So with part. constr.: post urbem conditam, since the city was founded, Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 14: post homines natos, id. Brut. 62, 224; id. Mil. 26, 69: sexennio post Veios captos, after the taking of Veii, id. Div. 1, 44, 100 al.
      Put after the noun: hunc post, Cic. Tusc. 2, 6, 15.
      With quam: decessit post annum quartum quam expulsus fuerat, Nep. Arist. 3, 3; cf.: post annum quintum, quo expulsus erat, id. Cim. 3, 3: post id, post illa, after this, after that, afterwards: post id cum lassus fueris, Plaut. Cas. 1, 42: qui foret post illa natus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 67 Vahl.): eum numquam post illa vidi, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 43: post illa, Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 33: post haec deinde, then after this, and next, Col. 3, 4: post Hectora, Ov. M. 12, 607.
    3. C. Transf., besides, except: post sidera caeli sola Jovem Semele vidit, Calp. Ecl. 10, 22.

post-auctumnālis (-autumn-), e, adj., post-autumnal (post-Aug.): pira, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54.

postĕā (in some edd. also separately, post ĕa), adv. [post- and acc. plur. ea, orig. eā, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 769].

  1. I. After this or that, hereafter, thereafter, afterwards: P. Considius, qui in exercitu P. Sullae, et postea in M. Crassi fuerat, Caes. B. G. 1, 21; Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 90; id. Brut. 3, 12: postea, cum mihi nihil scriberetur, verebar ne, etc., id. Fam. 2, 19, 1: postea vero quam equitatus in conspectum venit, Caes. B. G. 4, 37; Cato, R. R. 156.
    With abl. of difference of time (class.): postea aliquanto, a little while after, Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154: paucis postea mensibus, id. Clu. 47, 130: brevi postea mortuus est, id. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142: non multo postea, not long after, id. Cat. 1, 6, 15: paulo postea, Amm. 26, 10, 5: multo postea, id. 28, 4, 3.
    So with adv. of time (post-class.): non diu postea, Amm. 14, 11, 24: haud longe postea, id. 14, 7, 17: longe autem postea, id. 17, 4, 5.
    With deinde, inde, or deinceps, then, after that, afterwards: legati deinde postea missi ab rege, Liv. 41, 24: inde postea, id. 44, 24: postea deinceps, id. 45, 14.—postea quam (also as one word, posteaquam), after that (very freq. in Cic.): postea quam ego in Siciliam veni, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 56, § 138: posteaquam honoribus inservire coepi, id. Off. 2, 1, 4; 3, 2, 8: postea quam nuntii venerint, Caes. B. G. 6, 10; 7, 82; 5, 32: posteaquam Agesilaum misere, Just. 6, 2, 7.
    Rarely with pluperf.: postea quam tantam multitudinem conlegerat emblematum, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54 (cf. Zumpt, § 507 b).
    So, too, postea vero quam, Caes. B. G. 4, 37; Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 5; Sall. J. 29, 3; Nep. Dion, 4, 3 al.; cf.: postea autem quam ei nuntiatum est, Cic. Clu. 67, 192: postea (or post ea) loci for postea: post ea loci consul pervenit in oppidum, Sall. J. 102, 1.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Afterwards, for then, besides (ante-class.), Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 35; id. Most. 1, 3, 131 (dub.).
    2. B. Then, in consequence of this: nonne haec justa tibi videntur postea? Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 26.
      Hence, quid postea? what next? what further? what then? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 23: quid postea, si Romae assiduus fui? Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 94: at enim nemo post reges exactos de plebe consul fuit: quid postea? Liv. 4, 4.

postĕāquam, adv., v. postea, I.

‡ postella, ae, f., i. q. postilena, a crupper, acc. to Isid. Orig. 20, 16.

post-ĕo, īre, v. n., to go after or behind; trop., to be inferior to; with acc. (postclass.): aliquem honore, Sid. Ep. 1, 11.

poster, v. posterus.

postergānĕus, a, um, adj. [post-tergum], that is behind one’s back (post-class.), Arn. 4, 130: raptus, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 6.

postĕri, ōrum, v. posterus, I.

postĕrĭor, us, comp. from posterus.

postĕrĭtas, ātis, f. [posterus],

  1. I. future time, futurity, after-ages, succeeding generations, posterity (class.): sperare videor, Scipionis et Laelii amicitiam notam posteritati fore, Cic. Lael. 4, 15: infinita, id. Att. 12, 19, 1: hujus rei ne posteritatem quidem omnium saeculorum, umquam immemorem esse, id. Phil. 2, 22, 54: sera, a late posterity, Ov. P. 4, 8, 48: aeterna, id. H. 16, 374: posteritati servire, one’s fame with posterity, Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 35: posteritatis otio consulere, id. Fam. 2, 18, 3: habeat rationem posteritatis et periculi sui, Caes. B. C. 1, 13: in posteritatem, in the distant future, hereafter: quanta tempestas invidiae nobis … in posteritatem impendeat, Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 22; Just. 2, 3, 15: sola posteritatis dilectio, desire for offspring, Vulg. Tob. 8, 9.
    1. B. Transf., of animals, offspring (poet.), Juv. 8, 62.
  2. II. Trop., the last place, inferiority (eccl. Lat.): principalem veritati, et posteritatem mendacitati deputare, Tert. Praescr. 31.

postĕro, āvi, 1, v. a. [posterus].
Lit., to be behind or later, to come after,
Trop., to be inferior to, to want, to come short of, = ὑστερέω (post-class.): cum oliva tota nigrescet, quod speciei merito posteravit, fundendi ubertate compensat, Pall 12, 4.

postĕrŭla, ae, f dim. (sc. janua or via) [id.].

  1. I. A small back door or gate, a postern (post-class.): posterulae proditio, Cassian. Inst. Coenob. 5, 11.
  2. II. A back-way, by-way (post-class.), Amm. 30, 1, 13.

postĕrus or poster (not in use in nom. sing. masc.), a, um, adj.
Comp: posterior, us.
Sup.: postremus or postumus, a, um [post], coming after, following, next, ensuing, future.

  1. I. Posit.: cum ibi diem posterum commoraretur, Cic. Clu. 13, 37: in posterum diem distulit, id. Deiot. 7, 21: postero die mane, id. Verr 2, 2, 17, § 41: postero die, Sall J. 75, 9: posterā nocte, Nep. Eum. 9, 4: postero anno, Cic. Fragm. pro C. Cornel.: postera aetas, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 42: lux, id. S. 1, 5, 39: posterā Crescam laude, in the esteem of posterity, id. C. 3, 30, 7: posteri dies, unlucky, Non. 73, 32.
    Hence,
      1. 2. Subst.: postĕri, ōrum, m., coming generations, descendants, posterity: expetantur eae poenae a liberis, a nepotibus, a posteris, Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 90: posterūm gloria, Tac. A. 3, 72: postero, for postero die, on the following day, next day, id. ib. 4, 45; cf.: quam minimum credula postero, Hor. C. 1, 11, 8: in posterum, for in posterum diem, to the following day, till the next day: in posterum oppugnationem differt, Caes. B. G. 7, 11.
        More freq.: in posterum (sc. tempus), in the future, for the future: in posterum confirmat, Caes. B. C. 1, 3: multum in posterum providerunt, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6; id. Fam. 1, 9, 2: longe in posterum prospicere, id. ib. 2, 8, 1.
    1. B. Trop., inferior (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 4, § 333.
  2. II. Comp.: postĕ-rĭor, postĕrĭus.
    1. A. Lit., that comes or follows after, next in order, time, or place, latter, later, posterior (class.; strictly only when two objects or classes are contrasted in place or time; opp.: prior, superior): ut cum priore (dicto) necessario posterius cohaerere videntur, Cic. Inv. 1, 46, 86: nec acumine posteriorum (oratorum), nec fulmine utens superiorum, id. Or. 6, 21: ea pertinere ad superiorem divisionem: contra posteriorem nihil dici oportere, id. Ac. 2, 31, 99; 2, 30, 96; id. Off. 1, 20, 67: posteriores pedes (opp.: pedes priores), the hind feet, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248; cf.: genua, id. 11, 45, 102, § 249: pars prior apparet, posteriora latent, Ov. F. 4, 718: posteriores cogitationes, afterthoughts, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 5: paria esse debent posteriora superioribus, id. de Or. 3, 48, 186: Thucy dides paulo aetate posterior, id. Brut. 11, 48: quod prius ordine verbum est, Posterius facias, Hor. S. 1, 4, 59.
      Sometimes added to other words of contrast: alii … alii … tamen hi quoque posteriores, etc., Cic. Fin. 3, 21, 70: cujus est ratio duplex … facilior est haec posterior … sed illa lautior, id. Off. 2, 15, 52; cf. superior.
      1. 2. Subst.
        1. a. postĕ-rĭōres, um, m., for posteri, posterity (postclass.): quemadmodum omnes cognati supra tritavum, generali appellatione majores vocantur, ita post trinepotem posteriores, Dig. 38, 10, 10.
        2. b. postĕrĭōra, um, n., the posteriors (post-class.), Lampr Elag. 5.
          Adv.: postĕrĭus, later, afterwards (class.): posterius dicere, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 76: posterius istuc dicis quam credo tibi, i. e. I believe you before you speak, id. As. 1, 1, 48: jubet posterius ad se reverti, Cic. Verr 2, 4, 29, § 66: Thucydides si posterius fuisset, had he lived at a later period, id. Brut. 83, 288.
    2. B. Trop., inferior, of less account or value, worse (class.): quorum utrique semper patriae salus et dignitas posterior suā dominatione et domesticis commodis fuit, Cic. Att. 10, 4, 4; id. Phil. 13, 3, 6: suam salutem posteriorem communi salute ducere, id. Rab. Perd. 1, 3: nihil posterius, nihil nequius, id. Pis. 27, 66 (al. protervius): omnes res posteriores pono atque operam do tibi, I lay every thing aside, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 7: non posteriores feram, I will not play the meanest part, I shall not be behindhand, Ter Ad. 5, 4, 26; cf.: cujus sic fortuna cum improbitate certavit, ut nemo posset utrum posterior an infelicior esset judicare, Cic. Prov Cons. 4, 8 fin.
  3. III. Sup, in two forms, postrēmus and postŭmus, a, um.
    1. A. postrēmus, a, um, the hindmost, the last (class.): alia prima ponet, alia postrema, last, Cic. Or 15, 50: acies, the rear, Sall. J. 101, 5: in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis adesse, now in the front, now in the rear, id. ib. 45, 2: postremā in comoediā, at the end of the piece, Plaut. Cist. fin.: in postremo libro, at the close of the book, Just. 43, 5: mense postremo, Pall. 7, 2: munus, i. e. exsequiae, the last honors, Cat. 101, 3: nec postrema cura, not the last, least, Verg. G. 3, 404; cf.: non in postremis, i. e. in primis, especially, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17.—postrēmō, adv., at last, finally (class.), Caes. B. G. 7, 1: omnes urbes, agri, regna denique, postremo etiam vectigalia vestra venierint, Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62: primum … deinde … postremo: denique … postremo, id. N. D. 1, 37, 104; Hor. S. 2, 2, 132: ad postremum, at last, finally, ultimately: sed ad postremum nihil apparet, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 23; Sall. Fragm. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 17; Liv. 38, 16; Hirt. B. G. 8, 43: postremum, for the last time: si id facis, hodie postremum me vides, Ter And. 2, 1, 22: in quo (vestigio) ille postremum institisset, Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6: postremum, at last: postremum mel et acetum superfundes, Pall. 12, 22.
      1. 2. Trop., the last, lowest, basest, meanest, worst (class.): postremum genus, Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 22: ut homines postremi pecuniis alienis locupletarentur, id. Rosc. Am. 47, 137: servitus postremum malorum omnium, id. Phil. 2, 44, 113.
        Hence, ante- and post-class., a new comp. postremior, and sup. postremissimus: ut possit videri nullum animal in terris homine postremius, App. de Deo Socr. p. 43 fin.: omnium nationum postremissimum nequissimumque existimatote, C. Gracch. ap. Gell. 15, 12, 3: cum adulescentulis postremissimis, App. Mag. p. 336.
    2. B. po-stŭmus (acc. to an erroneous derivation, from post-humus, sometimes also post-humus), a, um, the last, said esp. of the youngest children, or of those born after the father’s death, or after he had made his will, late-born, posthumous: Silvius … tua postuma proles, Quem tibi longaevo serum Lavinia conjux Educet silvis, late-born son, Verg. A. 6, 763; cf. with this passage: postuma proles non eum significat, qui patre mortuo, sed qui postremo loco natus est, sicuti Silvius, qui Aeneā jam sene, tardo seroque partu est editus, Caesellius Vindex ap. Gell. 2, 16, 5.
      On the other hand: is, qui post patris mortem natus est, dicitur postumus, Varr. L. L. 9, § 60 Müll.; and: postumus cognominatur post patris mortem natus, Fest. p. 238 Müll.; Plaut. ap. Fest. l. l.
      As subst.: postŭmus, i, m., a posthumous child: non minus postumis quam jam natis testamento tutores dari posse, Gai. Inst. 1, 147: si quis postumis dederit tutores, hique vivo eo nascantur, an datio valeat? Dig. 26, 2, 16 fin.: postuma spes, the last, App. M. 4, p. 144, 26: suscipit doctrinam seram plane et postumam, id. Mag. p. 297, 23: cena quam postumā diligentiā praeparaverat, with extreme care, id. M. 6, p. 186, 25.
      1. * 2. Subst.: postŭmum, i, n., that which is last, the end, extremity: de postumo corporis, Tert. adv. Gnost. 1.

postfactus, or separate, post fac-tus, a, um, Part., from the obsol. postfacio, made or done afterwards (post-class.): post facta furta (opp. ante facta), Gell. 17, 7, 3.
Absol.: ex postfacto, from what is done afterwards, afterwards, subsequently, Dig. 21, 1, 44 fin. (20, 1, 22).

post-fĕro, ferre, v. a., to put after, to esteem less (not before the Aug. period): qui libertati plebis suas opes postferrent, sacrificed, Liv. 3, 64, 3: Vatinius nulli non postferendus (opp.: Brutus cuilibet praeferendus), Vell. 2, 69, 3: postferte fidem regnis, Sil. 2, 701: non postferuntur et Charites, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 32; 4, 4, 5, § 9: animi et corporis robore nulli juvenum postferendus, Curt. 7, 4, 17.

post-fŭtūri, post fŭtūrum, v. postsum.

* post-gĕnĭtus, or separate, post gĕnĭtus, a, um, adj., born afterwards; in plur. subst.: postgĕnĭti, ōrum, m., posterity, descendants (poet.), Hor. C. 3, 24, 30.

post-hăbĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a., to place after, esteem less, postpone, neglect (class.): omnes posthabui mihi res, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 15: omnia, Caes. B. C. 3, 33: omnibus rebus posthabitis, neglecting every thing, Cic. Tusc. 5, 1, 2: posthabitā Samo, Verg. A. 1, 16: posthabitam dote solatus est, Tac. A. 2, 86; id. H. 4, 7: posthabui illorum mea seria ludo, Verg. E. 7, 17.

post-hac, adv., after this time, hereafter, henceforth, in future (class.): aliam posthac invenito, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 21; id. Am. 2, 2, 165; S. C. de Bacchan.; Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 59; id. Ad. 1, 2, 55; Cic. Cat. 4, 9 fin.; id. Fam. 7, 26 fin.: numquam posthac, Cat. 99, 16; opp. nunc, Ter. And. 3, 5, 5; opp. antea, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 7: vobis erit providendum, quā condicione posthac eos esse velitis, id. Cat. 3, 12, 28; Hor. S. 2, 3, 297; Juv. 7, 18; 8, 7.

posthaec (or as two words, post haec), adv., afterwards, after this, Cic. Fam. 9, 8, 2; Tac. A. 1, 10, etc.; v. post.

(posthinc, adv., after this, hereafter, etc.; in Verg. A. 8, 546; id. G. 3, 300, more correctly separate, post hinc.)

posthoc or post hoc, adv., = postea, afterwards, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 175.

Posthŭmĭus, a, v. Postumius.

posthŭmus, a, um, v. posterus, III. B.

post-ĭbi, adv., hereupon, afterwards, then, Plaut. Poen. prol. 108; id. Rud. 3, 1, 8; 4, 7, 37.

postīca, ae, v. posticus.

postĭcĭpo, āre, 1, v. a. [post-capio], to take or receive afterwards (post-class.), opp. anticipare, Claud. Mam. Stat. Anim. 1, 21.

postīcŭla, ae, f. dim. [postica], a little backdoor (post-class.): brevis posticula, App. M. 2, p. 124, 41.

postīcŭlum, i, n. dim. [posticum], a small back building (Plautinian), Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 157; 4, 3, 78.

postīcum, i, n., v. posticus.

postīcus, a, um, adj. [post; like anticus from ante].

  1. I. That is behind, hinder, back-, posterior (class., but not in Cic. or Cæs.): est etiam hic ostium aliud posticum nostrarum aedium, backdoor, Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 40; cf.: posticum ostium dicitur in posteriore parte aedium. Ceterum antiqui etiam vicinum habitantem ad posteriorem partem aedium sic appellarunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 220 Müll.: locus erat posticis aedium partibus, Liv. 23, 8: perrexit in interiores partes domuis posticae, of the backbuilding, out-house, Varr. ap. Non. 217, 7: domo posticā egressus, Val. Max. 5, 7, 3: muri, Varr. L. L. 5, § 42 Müll.: vicinus, v. Paul. ex Fest. l. l.: non peperit, verum posticā parte profudit, with the posteriors, Lucil. ap. Non. 217, 17: sannae, made behind the back, Pers. 1, 62: pedes, hind feet, Sol. 26: pars palatii, Suet. Oth. 6: posticam lineam in agris dividendis Serv. Sulpicius appellavit, ab exoriente sole ad occidentem quae spectabat, Fest. p. 233 Müll.: quae ante nos sunt, antica: et quae post nos sunt, postica dicuntur: et dextram anticam, sinistram posticam dicimus. Sic etiam ea caeli pars, quae sole illustratur ad meridiem, antica nominatur, quae ad septentrionem postica, Paul. ex Fest. p. 220 Müll.; cf.: ejus templi partes quattuor dicuntur: sinistra ab oriente, dextra ab occasu, antica ad meridiem, postica ad septentrionem, Varr. L. L. 7, § 7 Müll.
  2. II. Subst.
    1. A. postīca, ae, f., a backdoor (post-class.), App. M. 9, p. 217, 25; Dig. 7, 1, 13.
    2. B. postīcum, i, n.
      1. 1. A backdoor (the prevailing form for this signif.): per posticum se conferre, Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 27: atria servantem postico falle clientem, Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 31; Vulg. Dan. 13, 18.
      2. 2. The back part of a building, the rear front, Titin. ap. Non. 217, 19: in pronao, et postico, Vitr. 3, 1.
      3. 3. A backhouse, privy (anteclass.), Lucil. ap. Non. 217, 20.
      4. 4. The posteriors, the fundament (ante- and postclass.): retrimenta cibi, quae exierunt per posticum, Varr. ap. Non. 217, 24; also in plur., Arn. 2, 54.

postĭdĕa, adv., ante-class. lengthened form for postea, after that, afterwards: nunc quo profectus sum, ibo, postidea domum me recipiam, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 40; id. Stich. 1, 2, 40; id. Truc. 2, 4, 67.
With loci, afterwards: postidea loci, Qui deliquit, vapulabit, Plaut. Cist. Grex. 3; id. Stich. 5, 5, 17.

postĭlēna, ae, f. [post], a crupper, Plaut. Cas. 1, 1, 37.

postĭlĭo, ōnis, f. [postulo; cf. consilium from consulo]. Relig. t. t., a claim of a god upon men, a demand for the fulfilment of a forgotten sacrifice (cf. postulatio, with which it is confounded in many MSS. and edd.; mostly ante- and post-class.): de eā re scriptum est, postiliones esse Jovi, Saturno, Neptuno, Telluri, dis caelestibus, Cic. Har. Resp. 10, 20: eodem ostento Telluri postilio deberi dicitur, id. ib. 14, 31: deum Manium postilionem postulare, Varr. L. L. 5, § 148 Müll.: in caeremoniis vestris postulionibus locus est, Arn. 4, 148.

postillā, or separate, post illa, adv. [cf. postea], after that, afterwards (anteclass. and poet.): postilla, germana soror, errare videbar, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 42 Vahl.): saepe post illa operam rei publicae fortem perhibuit, Cato ap. Gell. 3, 7: sed eum, qui mihi vendidit illam, numquam postilla vidi, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 43; id. Most. 1, 2, 61; Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 33; Cat. 84, 9.

postis, is (abl. sing. posti, Ov. M. 5, 120), m. [pono], a post, door-post.

  1. I. Lit. (class.), Ov. Am. 2, 1, 27: caput legis in curiae poste figere, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 6: armis Herculis ad postem fixis, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 5: cur invidendis postibus moliar atrium, id. C. 3, 1, 45: tenere postem, said of him who consecrates a temple, Liv. 2, 8; Cic. Dom. 46, 120.
    Also of other edifices: ambulationis postes nemo umquam tenuit in dedicando, Cic. Dom. 46, 121.
    1. B. Poet., transf., a door (usually in plur.): postes a cardine vellit Aeratos, Verg. A. 2, 480: aerati procumbunt cardine postes, id. ib. 493; Val. Fl. 7, 322: perunguere postis, ne quid mali medicamenti inferretur, Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 142.
      In sing.: poste recluso, Luc. 5, 531.
  2. II. Trop. (poet.): belli ferratos postes portasque refregit, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 622 (Ann. v. 271 Vahl.): videtur Cernere res animus, sublatis postibus ipsis, i. e. the eyes, Lucr. 3, 369.

postlīmĭnĭum, ii, n. [post-limen], prop.,

  1. I. a return behind one’s threshold, i. e. to one’s home; hence, a return to one’s old condition and former privileges, the right to return home and resume one’s former rank and privileges, the right of recovery, reprisal, postliminium: cum ipsius postliminii vis quaeritur, et verbum ipsum notatur, Servius noster nihil putat esse notandum, nisi post; et liminium illud productionem esse verbi vult, ut in finitimo, legitimo, aeditimo non plus inesse timum, quam in meditullio tullium. Scaevola autem Publii filius junctum putat esse verbum, ut sit in eo et post, et limen: ut quae a nobis alienata sunt, cum ad hostem pervenerint, et ex suo tamquam limine exierint, dein cum redierint post ad idem limen, postliminio videantur rediisse, Cic. Top. 8, 36: quem pater suus aut populus vendidisset, aut pater patratus dedidisset, ei nullum esse postliminium, has no right to return to his house and his old privileges, id. de Or. 1, 40, 181: postliminii jus, Dig. 29, 15, 5: postliminium dare alicui, ib.
    Hence,
    1. B. postlīmĭniō, adverbial abl.
      1. 1. Lit., by the right of postliminium: postliminio redeunt haec, homo, navis, equus, etc., Cic. Top. 8, 36; id. Balb. 11, 28: civi Romano licet esse Gaditanum, sive exsilio, sive postliminio, sive rejectione hujus civitatis, i. e. when he returns to Gades, where he was a citizen before being one at Rome, and recovers his right of citizenship, which he had lost by the attainment of Roman citizenship, id. ib. 12, 29: redire, Dig. 49, 15, 19: reverti, ib. 49, 15, 5.
      2. 2. Transf., by the right of return, i. e. back, again, anew (postclass.): postliminio in forum cupedinis reducens, leading back again, App. M. 1, p. 123, 30: corpus postliminio mortis animare, after death, id. ib. 2, p. 127, 4.
  2. II. Trop., a return: postliminium ecclesiasticae pacis, reconciliation, Tert. Pudic. 15.

postmĕrīdĭānus, a, um, v. pomeridianus.

post-mŏdo (also separately, post mŏdo), adv., afterwards, presently, shortly (mostly poet., and in Livy for postea; not in Plaut., Cic., Cæs., or Quint.): tamen postmodo necesse est doleant, Poll. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 1: sentiet illa tuas postmodo capta manus, Prop. 2, 10 (3, 1), 18; * Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 11 (Fleck.); Ov. Am. 1, 14, 56; id. A. A. 1, 486: neglegis immeritis nocituram Postmodo te natis fraudem committere? Hor. C. 1, 28, 31: publicum in praesentiā dedecus, postmodo periculum, Liv. 2, 43, 8; 2, 24, 5; 3, 41, 5; 4, 7, 6; Col. 1, 8, 4 al.; cf. postmodum.

postmŏdum, adv. [post-modus], afterwards, presently, shortly (mostly post-Aug.): saepe ex injuriā postmodum gratiam ortam, Liv. 1, 9, 15: ne postmodum flecti precibus aut donis regiis posset, id. 2, 1, 9; 2, 2, 10; 2, 9, 7 Weissenb. (al. postmodo); Suet. Calig. 15; Val. Max. 2, 9, 9; 2, 10, ext. 2; Col. 1, 5, 9; 5, 9, 17; 6, 2, 6; Cels. 7, 26, 3.

† postŏmis, ĭdis, f. [perh. from πρόστομος], a barnacle, twitch, an instrument fixed upon the nostrils of unruly horses; hence, transf., a drinking-cup, from its being always at a tippler’s nose (anteclass.), Lucil. ap. Non. 22, 27 (al. prostomides): postomis, ἐπιστομίς, Gloss. Lat. Gr.

post-partor, ōris, m., an inheritor, successor, heir (ante-class.): unde anteparta demus postpartoribus, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 42.

post-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3, v. a., to put after, postpone; to esteem less, to neglect. disregard (class., but not in Cic.; cf.: post habeo, praetermitto): ut omnia postponere videretur, Caes. B. G. 6, 3: omnia postposui, dummodo praeceptis patris parerem, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 21, 6: scorto postponere honestum Officium, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 34: postponere Hannibalem Alexandro Magno. Just. 30, 4, 9: omnibus rebus postpositis, laying every thing else aside, Caes. B. G. 5, 7; Plin. Ep. 10, 19, 2.

postpŏsĭtus, a, um, Part., from postpono.

post-princĭpĭa, ōrum, n. [principium], continuance of a thing after it is begun, course, progress, sequel (ante-class.): ut quisque (quidque occeperit), sic ei procedunt postprincipia, Plaut. Pers. 4, 1, 4: voluptas disciplinarum in postprincipiis exsistit, in principiis vero ipsis ineptae et insuaves videntur, Varr. ap. Gell. 16, 18, 6; 16, 9, 5: postprincipia atque exitus vitiosae vitae, old poet ap. Cic. Sest. 55, 118 (Halm reads post principia).

post-pŭto, āvi, 1, v. a., to regard as secondary, to esteem less, to disregard (anteclass.): cum te postputasse omnes res prae parente intellego, Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 33.

postquam (posquam, Att. ap. Non. 109, 26, acc. to Rib. Trag. Rel. v. 118; id. Verg. A. 3, 463; cf. Munro ad Lucr. 4, 1186; Rib. Prol. ad Verg. p. 442; also separately, post quam), conj.

  1. I. After that, after, as soon as, when (class., but rare in Cic., who commonly writes postea quam; v. postea); constr. usually with histor. pres., or perf. or imperf. indic., or subj.; rarely with pluperf. (v. Zumpt, § 507, b; cf. Weissenb. ad Liv. 22, 1, 1; Krebs, Antibarb. p. 889): abeo ab illis, postquam video, me sic ludificarier, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 27; id. Most. 3, 3, 22; Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 28: postquam res eorum satis prospera videbatur, Sall. C. 6, 3; cf. id. J. 13, 5 al.: eo postquam Caesar pervenit, obsides, arma poposcit, Caes. B. G. 1, 27: post quam armis disceptari coeptum est de jure publico, nihil esse actum cum dignitate, Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 3: postquam id difficilius visum est neque facultas perficiendi dabatur, transierunt, etc., Caes. B. C. 3, 60, 5: postquam divitiae honori esse coepere, et eas gloria sequebatur, Sall. C. 12, 1; cf. id. J. 70, 5: undecimo die postquam a te discesseram, Cic. Att. 12, 1, 1: quod post accidisset, quam dedissem ad te liberto litteras, id. ib. 6, 3, 1: quartum post annum, quam redierat, Nep. Dion, 10, 3.
    With post: postquam comedit rem, post rationem putat, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 15.
  2. II. With an accessory idea of cause, since, because, inasmuch as (rare and mostly poet.): nunc ego illam me velim convenire, postquam inanis sum, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 2; id. Most. 3, 3, 22: postquam poëta sensit, scripturam suam Ab iniquis observari, Ter. Ad. prol. 1 (postquam pro quoniam, Don.): postquam suas terras sedem belli esse viderent, verterunt, etc. (= cum), Liv. 22, 1, 1: sed periit, postquam cerdonibus esse timendus Coeperat; hoc nocuit, etc., Juv. 4, 153; Tac. A. 1, 68.

postrēmĭtas, ātis, f. [postremus], the last, the end, extremity (post-class.), Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 11.

postrēmo and postrēmus, a, um, v. posterus, III. A.

postrīdĭē (ante-class. collat. form po-strīdŭo, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 90), adv. [loc. form from posterus and die], on the day after, the following or next day (class.), Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 63: haud dubitavit postridie palam in castris docere, id. Rep. 1, 16, 23; 2, 31, 55: primā luce postridie constituunt proficisci, Caes. B. C. 1, 67: postridie mane, Cic. Fam. 11, 6, 1.
With gen.: postridie ejus diei mane eādem perfidiā usi Germani, Caes. B. G. 4, 13: postridie ejus diei, id. ib. 1, 23, 1; 1, 48, 2; 1, 51, 1 et saep.
With acc., the day after: venatio, quae postridie ludos Apollinaris futura est, Cic. Att. 16, 4, 1: postridie Idus. id. ib. 13, 47, a, 1: postridie Kalendas, id. ib. 4, 12, 1: Kalendas, Nonas, Idus, Liv. 6, 1 fin.: absolutionem, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1.
With quam: quid causae fuerit, postridie intellexi, quam a vobis discessi, Cic. Fam. 14, 7, 1; id. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2; id. Att. 9, 5, 1.

postrīdŭānus or postrīdĭānus, a, um, adj. [postridie], that is, comes, or happens on the following day (post-class.): dies, Macr. S. 1, 15 fin.; 1, 16, 21.

postrīduō, adv., v. postridie.

* postscaenĭum or poscaenĭum (-cen-), ii, n. [post-scena], the part of the theatre behind the scenes, the postscenium; trop., for secret, mystery: postscenia vitae, those parts of life which are behind the scenes, Lucr. 4, 1186; v. Lachm. ad h. l.

post-scrībo, ĕre, v. a., to write after or under, to add in writing (post-Aug.): Tiberii nomen suo postscripserat, Tac. A. 3, 64.

post-signāni, ōrum, m. (sc. milites) [signum], the soldiers who are stationed behind the standards (opp. antesignani), Front. Strat. 2, 3, 17; Amm. 18, 8, 7; 24, 6, 9.

post-sum (also separate, post sum), fui, esse, v. n., to be after or future; in tmesi: qui ignominias sibi post putavit esse prae meo commodo, Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 9.
Subst.

  1. A. postfŭtūri, ōrum, m., those yet to be, posterity: quia solus omnium post memoriam humani generis subplicia in post futuros composuit, Sall. H. 1, 41, 6 Dietsch.
  2. B. postfŭtūrum, i, n., that which is to be, the future: duplicare obituri dolorem etiam post futuri aestimatione, Plin. 7, 55, 56, § 190: in post futurum, for the future, id. ib.: tum videbitur lex in postfuturum loqui, Gell. 17, 7, 8.

‡ postŭlārĭus, a, um, adj. [postulo], that demands or claims: postularia fulgura, which signify that a forgotten vow must be performed, or a neglected sacrifice be offered, Fest. p. 245 Müll.; for this is found postulatoria, Caecil. ap. Sen. N. Q. 2, 49, 1.

postŭlātīcĭus, a, um, adj. [postulo], demanded, requested (post-Aug.): gladiatores, Sen. Ep. 7, 4.

postŭlātĭo, ōnis, f. [postulo], a demanding, requiring; a demand, request, desire.

  1. I. Lit. (class.): postulatio aequa et honesta, Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 7: ignoscendi, a begging pardon, id. Inv. 2, 34, 104: concedere postulationi alicujus, id. Mur. 23, 47: postulationi resistere, id. Q. Fr. 2, 9, 2: opinione valentior, id. Att. 7, 6.
    Plur., supplications: obsecro igitur primum omnium fieri obsecrationes, orationes, postulationes, Vulg. 1 Tim. 2, 1; cf. id. Psa. 118, 170.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. A complaint, expostulation (ante-class.), Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 26: acris, id. Bacch. 3, 3, 45: neque lites ullae inter eas, postulatio Numquam, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 105.
    2. B. In a court of justice.
      1. 1. A complaint, an application for redress: postulationes ingerere, Suet. Claud. 7; id. Ner. 7; Plin. Ep. 5, 14, 1; 7, 6, 3; 7, 33, 4: agi per judicis postulationem, Gai. Inst. 4, 12.
      2. 2. An application to the prœtor to allow the presentation of a complaint, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1.
    3. C. A claim or demand made by a god for a forgotten sacrifice, Cic. Har. Resp. 10, 20; 14, 31 MSS. (dub.; B. and K. postilio, q. v.).

postŭlātor, ōris, m. [postulo], a claimant, esp. a plaintiff (post-Aug.): postulatoribus per libellos respondere, Suet. Ner. 14.

postŭlātōrĭus, a, um, v. postularius.

postŭlātrix, īcis, f. [postulator], she that demands (eccl. Lat.): sollemnitates postulatrices (al. solemnitates, popularitates), Tert. Cor. Mil. 13.

postŭlātum, i, v. postulo fin.

* postŭlātus, ūs, m. [postulo], a claim or demand in a court of justice, a suit: ventum in jus est: postulatu audito, etc., Liv. 4, 9, 6.

postŭlĭo, ōnis, v. postulatio, II. A.

postŭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [posco], to ask, demand, require, request, desire (syn.: posco, flagito, peto); constr. with aliquid, aliquid ab aliquo, aliquem aliquid, with ut (ne), de, with inf., or absol.

  1. I. In gen.: incipiunt postulare, poscere, minari, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 34, § 78: nemo inventus est tam audax, qui posceret, nemo tam impudens qui postularet ut venderet, id. ib. 2, 4, 20, § 44; cf. Liv. 2, 45; 3, 19: tametsi causa postulat, tamen quia postulat, non flagitat, praeteribo, Cic. Quint. 3, 13: postulabat autem magis quam petebat, ut, etc., Curt. 4, 1, 8: dehinc postulo, sive aequom est, te oro, ut, etc., Ter. And. 1, 2, 19: ita volo itaque postulo ut fiat, id. ib. 3, 3, 18; Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 27: suom jus postulat, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 47; cf.: aequom postulat, da veniam, id. And. 5, 3, 30; and: quid est? num iniquom postulo? id. Phorm. 2, 3, 64: nunc hic dies alios mores postulat, id. And. 1, 2, 18: fidem publicam, Cic. Att. 2, 24, 2: istud, quod postulas, id. Rep. 1, 20, 33; id. Lael. 2, 9: ad senatum venire auxilium postulatum, Caes. B. G. 1, 31: deliberandi sibi unum diem postulavit, Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 60; cf.: noctem sibi ad deliberandum postulavit, id. Sest. 34, 74: postulo abs te, ut, etc., Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 18: postulatur a te jam diu vel flagitatur potius historia, Cic. Leg. 1, 5: quom maxime abs te postulo atque oro, ut, etc., Ter. And. 5, 1, 4; and: quidvis ab amico postulare, Cic. Lael. 10, 35; cf. in pass.: cum aliquid ab amicis postularetur, id. ib.: orationes a me duas postulas, id. Att. 2, 7, 1: quod principes civitatum a me postulassent, id. Fam. 3, 8, 5; cf. infra the passages with an object-clause.
    With ut (ne): quodam modo postulat, ut, etc., Cic. Att. 10, 4, 2: postulatum est, ut Bibuli sententia divideretur, id. Fam. 1, 2, 1 (for other examples with ut, v. supra): legatos ad Bocchum mittit postulatum, ne sine causā hostis populo Romano fieret, Sall. J. 83, 1.
    With subj. alone: qui postularent, eos qui sibi Galliaeque bellum intulissent, sibi dederent, Caes. B. G. 4, 16, 3.
    With de: sapientes homines a senatu de foedere postulaverunt, Cic. Balb. 15, 34: Ariovistus legatos ad eum mittit, quod antea de colloquio postulasset, id per se fieri licere, Caes. B. G. 1, 42.
    With inf., freq. to be rendered, to wish, like, want: qui lepide postulat alterum frustrari, Enn. ap. Gell. 18, 2, 7 (Sat. 32 Vahl.): hic postulat se Romae absolvi, qui, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 138: o facinus impudicum! quam liberam esse oporteat, servire postulare, Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 62; id. Men. 2, 3, 88: me ducere istis dictis postulas? Ter. And. 4, 1, 20; id. Eun. 1, 1, 16: (lupinum) ne spargi quidem postulat decidens sponte, Plin. 18, 14, 36, § 135: si me tibi praemandere postulas, Gell. 4, 1, 11.
    With a double object: quas (sollicitudines) levare tua te prudentia postulat, demands of you, Luccei. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2.
    With nom. and inf.: qui postulat deus credi, Curt. 6, 11, 24.
  2. II. In partic., in jurid. lang.
    1. A. To summon, arraign before a court, to prosecute, accuse, impeach (syn.: accuso, insimulo); constr. class. usu. with de and abl., post-Aug. also with gen.): Gabinium tres adhuc factiones postulant: L. Lentulus, qui jam de majestate postulavit, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 15: aliquem apud praetorem de pecuniis repetundis, id. Cornel. Fragm. 1: aliquem repetundis, Tac. A. 3, 38: aliquem majestatis, id. ib. 1, 74: aliquem repetundarum, Suet. Caes. 4: aliquem aliquā lege, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3: aliquem ex aliquā causā reum, Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 33: aliquem impietatis reum, Plin. Ep. 7, 33, 7: aliquem injuriarum, Suet. Aug. 56 fin.: aliquem capitis, Dig. 46, 1, 53: qui (infames) postulare prohibentur, Paul. Sent. 1, 2, 1.
    2. B. To demand a writ or leave to prosecute, from the prætor or other magistrate: postulare est desiderium suum vel amici sui in jure apud eum qui jurisdictioni praeest exponere vel alterius desiderio contradicere, etc., Dig. 3, 1, 1; cf. this whole section: De postulando: in aliquem delationem nominis postulare, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 20, 64: postulare servos in quaestionem, id. Rosc. Am. 28, 77: quaestionem, Liv. 2, 29, 5.
    3. C. For the usual expostulare, to complain of one: quom patrem adeas postulatum, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 38 (but in id. Mil. 2, 6, 35, the correct read. is expostulare; v. Ritschl ad h. l.).
    4. * D. Postulare votum (lit. to ask a desire, i. e.), to vow, App. Flor. init.
    5. E. Of the seller, to demand a price, ask (post-class. for posco): pro eis (libris) trecentos Philippeos postulasse, Lact. 1, 6, 10; cf.: accipe victori populus quod postulat aurum, Juv. 7, 243.
  3. III. Transf., of things.
    1. A. To contain, measure: jugerum sex modios seminis postulat, Col. 2, 9, 17.
    2. B. To need, require: cepina magis frequenter subactam postulat terram, Col. 11, 3, 56.
      Hence, po-stŭlātum, i, n.; usually in plur.: po-stŭlāta, ōrum, a demand, request (class.): intolerabilia postulata, Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 1; id. Phil. 12, 12, 28: deferre postulata alicujus ad aliquem, Caes. B. C. 1, 9: cognoscere de postulatis alicujus, id. B. G. 4, 11 fin.: postulata facere, Nep. Alcib. 8, 4.

postŭmātus, ūs, m. [postumus], the last or lowest place (post-class.), opp. principatus, Tert. adv. Val. 35.

Postŭmĭus (erroneously writt. Post-hŭmĭus; v. postumus, under posterus, III. B.), i, m.; Postŭmia, ae, f., name of a Roman gens.

  1. I. Postumius Tubertus, a Roman consul, Liv. 2, 16.
  2. II. Postumia, wife of Sulpicius, Cic. Fam. 4, 2, 1.
  3. III. A Vestal, Liv. 4, 44.
  4. IV. A woman addicted to tippling, Cat. 27, 3.
    Hence,
    1. A. Po-stŭmĭus, a, um, adj., Postumian: lex, Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88: via, leading towards Genoa, Tac. H. 3, 21.
    2. B. Postŭmĭā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Postumius, Postumian: imperia, i. e. of the dictator A. Postumius Tubertus, Gell. 1, 13, 7; Liv. 4, 29: caedes, i. e. of M. Postumius Regillensis, id. 4, 51.

postŭmo, āre, v. n. [postumus], to come after, be inferior (eccl. Lat.): alicui, Tert. Apol. 19: omnis consummatio, etsi ordine postumat, effectu tamen anticipat, id. Res. Carn. 45.

1. postŭmus, a, um, sup., v. posterus, III. B.

2. Postŭmus, i, m., a Roman surname.

  1. I. M. Curtius Postumus, a friend of Cicero, and the accuser of Murena, Cic. Fam. 13, 5, 2 sq.
  2. II. C. Rabirius Postumus, defended by Cicero, Cic. Rab. Post. 1, 1 sqq.
  3. III. Ursidius Postumus, to whom is addressed the sixth satire of Juvenal, Juv. 6, 21; 38; 377.

pōstus, a, um, v. pono init.

* post-vĕnĭens, entis, Part. [venio], coming after (opp. praecurrens), Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 207.

Post-verta or Post-vorta, ae, f. [verto], a goddess presiding over childbirth, who was invoked when the child made a wrong presentation: Carmentes, quarum altera Postverta cognominata’st, Prosa altera, a directi perversique partus et potestate et nomine, Varr. ap. Gell. 16, 16, 4; Ov. F. 1, 633.
Acc. to Macrobius, a goddess presiding over the future (opp. Antevorta), Macr. S. 1, 7.

‡ Postvōta, ae, f., an epithet of Venus, Serv. Verg. A. 1, 720.