posterity Copy link Outline 1. postĕri, orum (descendants)2. postĕrĭtas (in more abstract sense, after-times or people)3. mĭnōres, um (= posteri4. when referring to the notice or memory of after-ages, often expr. by mĕmŏria • posterity: 1. postĕri, orum (descendants): to exact penalties from children, grandchildren, p., a liberis, nepotibus, p., poenas expetere, Cic. N. D. 3, 38, init.: Hor.: Tac. 2. postĕrĭtas (in more abstract sense, after-times or people): to be known to p. (after-ages), posteritati notum esse, Cic. Am. 4, 15: to have regard to p., posteritati servire, id. Tusc. 1, 15, extr.: late p., sera p., Ov. Pont. 4, 8, 48. (N.B.--To be used with care; as it strictly means nothing more than, the total of what follows: cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 13, posteritatis rationem habere = to have regard to after-consequences.) 3. mĭnōres, um (= posteri: poet.): Virg. 4. when referring to the notice or memory of after-ages, often expr. by mĕmŏria: to hand down to p., memoriae prodere: v. to hand down. Join: ad memoriam posteritatemque prodere, Cic. Verr. 5, 14, 36.