ὑστέρη (hystere)

ὑστέρη is an Ancient Greek form of ὕστερος, meaning “later, last, after”. It is the nominative singular feminine adjective or dative singular feminine adjective.

It can also be a form of ὑστερέω, “be behind, fall short, come late”.

It can also be a form of ὑστέρα, “womb; ovary”.

Found 29 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Hippocrates, De prisca medicina 22: … πισπᾶσθαι, ἄλλα τε πολλὰ τοιουτότροπα. τῶν δὲ ἔσω φύσει τοῦ ἀνθρώπου σχῆμα τοιοῦτον κύστις τε καὶ κεφαλή, καὶ ὑστέρη γυναιξίν· καὶ φανερῶς ταῦτα μάλιστα ἕλκει καὶ πλήρεά ἐστιν ἐπάκτου ὑγρότητος αἰεί. τὰ δὲ κοῖλα καὶ ἐκπεπταμέν …

Hippocrates, Aphorismi 5.22: … ιν ἐν κεφαλῇ ἕλκεα ἔχουσι· καὶ ὁκόσα ὑπὸ ψύξιος θνήσκει, ἢ ἑλκοῦται, καὶ ἕρπησιν ἐσθιομένοισιν, ἕδρῃ, αἰδοίῳ, ὑστέρῃ, κύστει, τουτέοισι τὸ μὲν θερμὸν φίλιον καὶ κρῖνον, τὸ δὲ ψυχρὸν πολέμιον καὶ κτεῖνον.

All forms of ὕστερος (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.