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preposition

post1

post (+ accusative)
Classical[ˈpɔst]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɔst]
№ 164 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. with accusativebehind (of space)
  2. with accusativeafter, since, (transf.) besides, except (of time)

In the readers how our graded readers gloss it

after
post — in Seneca, ch. II

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

post homines natos
within the memory of man.
post hominum memoriam
within the memory of man.
post se relinquere aliquem
to overtake and pass some one.

Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.

post praep. with acc.
1 post.—Of place, behind : post urbem in viā Pompeiā: post tergum, Cs.: post montem se occultare, Cs.: post equitem sedet atra cura, H.—Of time, after, since : post factam iniuriam, T.: aliquot post mensīs, some months later : maxima post hominum memoriam classis, since the memory of man , N.: post M. Brutum proconsulem, after the proconsulate : post urbem conditam, since the foundation of Rome : post homines natos: alii post me, future poets , V.: post illa, afterwards , T.: post Hectora, O.: hunc post: decessit post annum quartum quam expulsus erat, N.—Fig., after, beneath, inferior to, less important than, next to : post hunc Apollinem (colunt), Cs.: neque erat Lydia post Chloën, H.: sua necessaria post illius honorem ducere, S.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost

Inherited from Old Latin poste, from Proto-Italic *posti, from Proto-Indo-European *pósti, from *pós. Related to pōne.

In English words that came into English from post

  • puny*postius
  • posterityposteritas
  • postscriptpostscriptum
  • apostillepost
  • postpartumpost
  • postscriptumpostscriptum
  • puisne*postius
  • postpost
  • posticousposticus
  • postfurcapost
  • posticalpostīcus
  • pomeriumpōmoerium
  • posticposticus
  • postnatepostnatus
adverb
post2
post (not comparable)
Classical[ˈpɔst]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɔst]
№ 164 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. not comparablebehind
  2. not comparableback; backwards
  3. not comparableafterwards; after

post (form poste, Enn. An. 235; Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 131; id. Stich. 2, 2, 56), adv. and prep. root pas-; Sanscr. pac-kas, behind; Gr. πύματος (for πόσματος); Lat. pone, postremus.
I. Adv.
A. Of place, behind, back, backwards (class.): ante aut post, Liv. 22, 5, 8: servi, qui post erant, Cic. Mil. 10, 29: lacertis priora genua post curvantur, backwards, Plin. 11, 45, 102, § 249: sed ubi periculum advenit, invidia atque superbia post fuere, remained behind, were forgotten, Sall. C. 23, 7: post minor est, i.e. shorter when seen from behind, Juv. 6, 504. —
B. Of time, afterwards, after: nunc et post semper, old poet in Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 115.—
2. Ante ... post, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 47 Vahl.): post duobus mensibus, Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 33: initio ... post autem, Cic. Fam. 7, 5; id. Dom. 55, 140; Sall. J. 55, 8: duxi probum, erravi, post cognovi, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 160 Vahl.): multis post annis, many years after, Cic. Fl. 23, 56: paucis diebus post, Plaut. Men. prol. 36: multis annis post, id. ib. 5, 9, 72: biennio post, Cic. Brut. 91, 316: quam te post multis tueor tempestatibus? after how long a time? Pac. ap. Non. 414, 3: aliquanto post, some time after, shortly after, Cic. Caecin. 4, 11: post aliquanto, id. Or. 30, 107: paulo post valens, a little later, id. Fam. 16, 5, 2: post paulo, soon after, Caes. B. C. 1, 29: multo post quam, long after, Cic. Att. 12, 49; cf. Liv. 24, 3, 14 Weissenb.: post tanto, so long after, Verg. G. 3, 476: post non multo, not long afterwards, Nep. Paus. 3, 1: neque ita multo, and not very long afterwards, id. Cim. 3, 4.—With inde, deinde, and afterwards, and then: et post inde, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 59 Müll. (Ann. v. 11 Vahl.): inde pedes et crura mori, post inde per artus, etc., Lucr. 3, 529: primum ... post deinde, Ter. And. 3, 2, 3; Nep. Eum. 5, 5.—
II. Prep. with acc., behind.
A. Of place: post me erat Aegina, ante Megara, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4; Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 52: post nostra castra, Caes. B. G. 2, 9: post tergum, id. ib. 7, 88: post carecta, Verg. E. 3, 20: post montem se occultare, Caes. B. G. 7, 83: post se alligare, Plin. 26, 9, 58, § 91: post equitem sedet atra cura, Hor. C. 3, 1, 40.—
2. Trop., beneath, inferior to, less important than: neque erat Lydia post Chloen, Hor. C. 3, 9, 6: tantus erat ambitionis furor, ut nemo tibi post te videatur, si aliquis ante te fuerit, Sen. Ep. 104, 9: ut sua necessaria post illius honorem haberent, Sall. J. 73, 6; Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 34.—
B. Of time, after, since: aliquot post menses, Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 128: maxima post hominum memoriam classis, since the memory of man, Nep. Them. 5, 3: post M. Brutum proconsulem, after the proconsulate, Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 97.—So with part. constr.: post urbem conditam, since the city was founded, Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 14: post homines natos, id. Brut. 62, 224; id. Mil. 26, 69: sexennio post Veios captos, after the taking of Veii, id. Div. 1, 44, 100 al. —Put after the noun: hunc post, Cic. Tusc. 2, 6, 15.—With quam: decessit post annum quartum quam expulsus fuerat, Nep. Arist. 3, 3; cf.: post annum quintum, quo expulsus erat, id. Cim. 3, 3: post id, post illa, after this, after that, afterwards: post id cum lassus fueris, Plaut. Cas. 1, 42: qui foret post illa natus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 67 Vahl.): eum numquam post illa vidi, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 43: post illa, Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 33: post haec deinde, then after this, and next, Col. 3, 4: post Hectora, Ov. M. 12, 607.—
C. Transf., besides, except: post sidera caeli sola Jovem Semele vidit, Calp. Ecl. 10, 22.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost

Inherited from Old Latin poste, from Proto-Italic *posti, from Proto-Indo-European *pósti, from *pós. Related to pōne.

Descendants
  • Catalanpuix
  • Englishpost-
  • Frenchpuis
  • Frenchpost-
  • Italianpoi
  • Italiandopo
  • Italianpos-
  • Italianpost-
  • Portuguesepois
  • Portuguesedepois

Quick answers

What does post mean in Latin?
post, a preposition, means “behind (of space); after, since, (transf.) besides, except (of time)”.
How do you pronounce post?
In classical Latin, [ˈpɔst]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpɔst].
Where does post come from?
Proto-Indo-European *pós → Proto-Indo-European *pósti → Proto-Italic *posti → Old Latin poste → Latin post.
Which English words come from post?
English words that go back to Latin post include apostille, postpartum, post, postfurca, postscriptum and posticous.