after (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Nearer the sternII. Subsequent, later, next, following • after (adj.): I. Nearer the stern: Phr.: the a. sails, *vela puppi propiora. II. Subsequent, later, next, following: q. v.
after (prep.) Copy link Outline I. BehindII. At a later time1. post (with acc.2. ā or ăb (with abl., and usu. with an adverb)3. ex or ē (with abl.)4. dē (with abl.5. sŭb (i. e., following immediately upon6. sĕcundum (less precise than the fore-goingIII. In an inferior degree toIV. In imitation of1. ăd (with acc.) • after (prep.): I. Behind: q. v. II. At a later time: 1. post (with acc.: the most general word): a. the proconsulship of M. Brutus, post M. Brutum proconsulem, Cic.: six years a. the taking of Veii, sexennio post Veios captos, Cic.: a. the death of Orgetorix, post Orgetorigis mortem, Caes. 2. ā or ăb (with abl., and usu. with an adverb): immediately a. the sacrifice, jam ab re divina, Pl.: immediately a. the battle, statim a proelio, Liv. 3. ex or ē (with abl.): a. his consulship Cotta set out into Gaul, Cotta ex consulatu est profectus in Galliam, Cic.: one thing a. another hinders me every day, me quotidie aliud ex alio impedit, Cic.: cheapness suddenly followed a. the greatest scarcity, repente vilitas annonae ex summa inopia consecuta est, Cic. 4. dē (with abl.: very rare): immediately a. the sale, statim de auctione, Cic. Note. A or ab, de, and ex or e, all denote what happens immediately after; and ex frequently indicates that what follows arises out of what previously happened. 5. sŭb (i. e., following immediately upon: with acc.): a. saying this, they all prostrated themselves in the vestibule, sub haec dicta omnes in vestibulo procubuerunt, Liv.: your letter was read immediately a. that of Lepidus, sub literas Lepidi statim recitatae sunt tuae, Cic. 6. sĕcundum (less precise than the fore-going: of what follows in general with acc.): a. this day, s. hunc diem, Cic.: a. this battle the consul went to Messana, s. hanc pugnam consul Messanam venit, Liv. Phr.: the day a. the acquittal of Messala, Hortensius came into the theatre, postridie Messalae absolutionem in theatrum Hortensius introiit, Cael. ad Cic. N.B. When the Eng. word is foll. by a verbal subs., the phrase may often be rendered (a) by the abl. absol.: a. the completion of that work, he posts guards in various places, eo opere perfecto praesidia disponit, Caes.: a. the taking of Saguntum Hannibal had retired into winter-quarters, Hannibal, Sagunto capto, in hiberna concesserat, Liv.: or (b), by the conj. quum with subj.: as, a. my arrival in Africa, etc., cum in Africam venissem, Cic.: the consuls, a. laying the state of the commonwealth before the senate, etc., consules quum de republica retulissent, Liv. III. In an inferior degree to: sĕcundum (with acc.): next to and a. the gods, men can be the most useful to men, proxime et s. deos homines hominibus maxime utiles esse possunt, Cic. IV. In imitation of: 1. ăd (with acc.): a. the likeness of warlike discipline, ad similitudinem bellicae disciplinae, Cic.: Liv. 2. dē (with abl.): a. the old fashion, de more vetusto, Virg.: v. according to, in accordance with.--N.B. When after is attached to verbs, forming a kind of separable compounds, as, to run after, to follow after, to seek after, it is not represented in Latin by any single word: see the several verbs.
after (adv.) Copy link Outline 1. Of place2. Of time; post • after (adv.): 1. Of place: perhaps only in separable compounds, as to follow after: for which see to follow, etc. 2. Of time; post: many years a., multis post annis, Cic.: soon a., post paulo, Caes.: so long a., post tanto, Virg.: v. afterwards.
after (conj.) Copy link Outline 1. postĕā quam (with perf.)2. postquam, or separately post ... quam (also with perf.)3. May often be expr. by perf. part. (v. AFTER, prep. II. fin.) • after (conj.): 1. postĕā quam (with perf.): a. I began to aim at honours, p. quam honoribus inservire coepi, Cic.: but a. the cavalry came in sight, the enemy turned their backs, p. vero quam equitatus in conspectum venit, hostes terga verterunt, Caes. 2. postquam, or separately post ... quam (also with perf.): on the eleventh day a. I had left you, undecimo die postquam a te discesseram, Cic.: which had happened a. I had given to the freedman a letter for you, quod post accidisset quam dedissem ad te liberto literas, Cic.: Caes.: Virg. 3. May often be expr. by perf. part. (v. after, prep. II. fin.): as, a. the battle was finished, proelio confecto, Sall.: six years a. Veii was taken, sexennio post Veios captos, Liv.: v. also when, AS SOON AS. Phr.: the day a. you set out I came to Pompey, postridie quam tu es profectus, veni ad Pompeium, Cic.: Saguntum was taken eight months a. the siege began, octavo mense quam coeptum est oppugnari captum est S., Liv.: he died the fourth year a. he was exiled, decessit post annum quartum quam expulsus fuerat, Nep.
grasp at Copy link Outline I. With the hands1. capto, 1 (frequently, eagerly)2. appĕto, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 33. arrĭpio, 3II. Fig., to aim at, aspire to1. capto, 12. aucŭpor, 1 (as a fowler catching birds)3. consector, 1 (to pursue eagerly)4. affecto, 1 (esp. of g.ing at supreme power)5. appĕto, 3 • grasp at or after: I. With the hands: 1. capto, 1 (frequently, eagerly): Tantalus g.s at the flying waters, T. fugientia c. flumina, Hor. 2. appĕto, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 3: to g. at a cake on the table, in coena placentam a., Pl.: to g. at the sun, solem manibus a., Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46. 3. arrĭpio, 3: v. TO SEIZE UPON, snatch at. II. Fig., to aim at, aspire to: 1. capto, 1: to g. at the title of imperator, nomen imperatorium c., Brut. in Cic. Fam. 11, 4: to g. at uncertainties, incerta c., Sall. 2. aucŭpor, 1 (as a fowler catching birds): to g. at empty fame, inanem a. rumorem, Cic. in Pis. 24, 57: Piin.: Flor. 3. consector, 1 (to pursue eagerly): to g. at every shadow of glory, omnes umbras gloriae c., Cic. in Pis. l. c. 4. affecto, 1 (esp. of g.ing at supreme power): Liv.: Curt.: v. to aspire to. 5. appĕto, 3: v. TO SEEK AFTER.
AFTER Copy link • AFTER 1. of succession in time, post: secundum (immediately after): still stronger sub with statim, of things connected in order of time: a, ab (from: after, of what has been done or not done, from a point of commencement to be strongly marked): e, ex (nearly = a, ab, but intimating a closer dependence of one thing on another; a passing into one state from another, etc.). After this, I ask, etc., secundum ea, quaero, etc. After three days, post ejus diei diem tertium: after three years, post tres annos: after some years, aliquot post annos: after many years, post multos annos (multis post annis = many years after). After anybody’s consulship or proconsulship, post aliquem consulem, proconsulem. After (immediately after) the consul’s donation, secundum donationem consulis. Immediately after those (letters), yours were read, sub eas statim recitatae sunt tuae (so statim sub mentionem alicujus). The Germans bathe as soon as they get up, Germani statim e somno lavantur: after the day, when, etc., ex eo die, quo, etc.: one evil after another, aliud ex alio malum (Ter.): to go into Gaul after his consulship, ex consulatu in Galliam proficisci: day after day, diem ex die: diem de die (not de die in diem): to look (i. e., in expectation) day after day, diem de die prospectare (ecquod auxilium-appareret (Liv.). Immediately after the battle, confestim a proelio (redire): Homer lived not very long after them, Homerus recens ab illorum aetate fuit: the hundredth day after the death of Clodius, centesima lux ab interitu Clodii: (immediately) after that meeting ambassadors were sent, ab illa concione legati missisunt: as soon as I came to Rome after your departure, ut primum a tuo digressu Romam veni. One after another, ordine, deinceps (in a row): continenter: continue (prae- and post-classical, unless in two passages of Quint., where the best manuscripts have continue, Freund: continuo = statim, nulla mora interposita): alter post alterum: alius super alium. So many days one after another, tot dies continui. Sometimes, especially in Caes., the ablative only is used; e.g., alicujus adventu, discessu, fuga; solis occasu (after anybody’s arrival, departure, flight: after sunset). After post the action is often expressed by a participle; e.g., after the taking of Veii, post Veios captos: so post urbem conditam; post hanc urbem constitutam (after the building of the city). Sometimes ablatives absolute are used (when the action or state described by the ablative absolute is the cause or condition of what follows): anno interjecto (after a year): Hannibal in Italiam pervenit Alpibus superatis (after crossing the Alps). Succession in order, rank, etc., secundum (post is only “after” of succession in time: in pace it is “behind,” opposed to ante). Generally by secundus, proximus ab aliquo, or proximus alicui (next after in place, litterally or figuratively). After you, I like nothing so well as solitude, secundum te nihil est mihi amicius solitudine: proxime: next after these, those are dear to us, etc., proxime hos, cari, etc. (Cic.). [Tac., juxta; e.g., juxta deos.] Of a rule followed, proportion to, conformity with, etc., secundum: e, ex, sometimes de (when the thing is also a cause): pro (in proportion to): ad (of a rule, copy, etc., that is followed. Observe. Juxta, in the sense of secundum, belongs to sinking Latinity): to live after nature, secundum naturam vivere (or naturae convenienter): to take anything after its intrinsic value (Bacon), ex veritate aliquid aestimare: after the example of, ad exemplum; after the model, pattern, etc., ad exemplum, ad effigiem: after the manner, de more: after my own manner, meo modo (Plaut., Ter.): after my own original way of speaking, meo pristino more dicendi. After a sort, quodam modo. 2. conjunction, postquam: posteaquam: ut, ubi (as), cum (when). Observe, (a) ut, ubi, intimate the immediate succession of the second event, whereas postquam only states it to be after the first. Hence they prefer the perfect to the pluperfect, and often take statim, repente, primum, etc.: (b) postquam in direct narrative mostly takes the perfect or present; seldom the pluperfect, except in the form “so many day”, years, etc., after another event happened” (c) For ubi, ut, cum, Vid: WHEN: (d) cum can only be used when things are stated as facts in a narrative; not of localrelations, e.g., of passages in a book; where postquam or ubi must be used. Passages like Cic., Tusc, i., 48, 103; Acad., ii., 32, 104, etc., only appear to be at variance with this rule. Three years after he had returned, post tres annos or tertium annum quam redierat: tertio anno quam redierat: tribus annis or tertio anno postquam redierat: tertio anno quo redierat. The day after I left you, postridie quam a vobis discessi. The year after, postero anno quam, etc. Very often participles are used instead of these particles (ablative absolute if the “subject” of both clauses is not the same); e.g., most. speeches are written after they have been delivered, pleraeque scribuntur orationes habitae jam: after the murder of Dion, Dionysius again became master of Syracuse, Dione interfectoDionysius rursum Syracusarum potitus est. After is often untranslated, the notion of it being already contained in the verb; e.g., to follow after, sequi, sectari: to thirst after, sitire aliquid: to ask or inquire after, quaerero rem or de re, inquirere in aliquid: to long after, cupere aliquid, etc.: to make anything after the pattern of something else, imitari aliquid; aliquid imitando exprimere, effingere, etc.: to run after anybody, aliquem sectari: to send after anybody, aliquem arcessere, etc. = afterward, Vid. AFTER, in composition, may some times be translated by posterior (opposed to superior); secundus; serus (too late).