posterus

Latin

Alternative forms

poster

Etymology

From post.

Pronunciation

(Classical) 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

following, next, coming after
(figuratively) inferior

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	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, 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, 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

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