posterus

Latin

Alternative forms

• poster

Etymology

From post.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpos.te.rus/, [ˈpɔs̠t̪ɛrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpos.te.rus/, [ˈpɔst̪erus]

Adjective

posterus (feminine postera, neuter posterum, comparative posterior, superlative postrēmus or postumus); first/second-declension adjective

1. following, next, coming after
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.15:

     Postero die castra ex eo loco movent

     On the following day, they moved their camp from this place.

1. (figuratively) inferior

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	posterus	postera	posterum		posterī	posterae	postera
genitive	posterī	posterae	posterī		posterōrum	posterārum	posterōrum
dative	posterō	posterae	posterō		posterīs
accusative	posterum	posteram	posterum		posterōs	posterās	postera
ablative	posterō	posterā	posterō		posterīs
vocative	postere	postera	posterum		posterī	posterae	postera

• The masculine nominative singular is unattested in classical Latin (compare cēterus).

Antonyms

• (following, next): anterior

Derived terms

• posteritās
• posterius
• praeposterus

Descendants

• English: postero-
• French: postéro-
• Italian: postero, postero-
• Portuguese: póstero, póstero-
• Spanish: postero-

References

• “posterus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “posterus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• posterus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to put off till another time; to postpone: aliquid in aliud tempus, in posterum differre
    
  • for the future: in posterum; in futurum
    
  • (ambiguous) posterity: posteri