posterus

Latin

Alternative forms

poster

Etymology

From post.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔs.tɛ.rʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɔs.t̪e.rus]

Adjective

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

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.
(Late Latin) inferior

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
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

Descendants

English: postero-
French: postéro-
Italian: postero, postemo, 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