noun · neuterthird declension
posteriōra
posteriōra n pl (genitive posteriōrum)
Meaning
- posterior regions, behind, arse
Dominus percussit me in posteriora gravi dolore; tam durus sunt excrementa, ut multa vi ad sudorem extrudere cogar, et quo diutius differo, magis durescunt.
The Lord has struck me in the posterior with great suffering; so hard are my excrements, that I am forced to push them out with great strain to the point of sweat, and when I put it off, they become harder.Martin Luther in a letter to Philip Melanchthon, 5 December 1521, from the Weimarer Ausgabe BR 2, page 333
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
rēs sequentēsposteriōra -um (n) — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 21
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | posteriōra |
| genitive | — | posteriōrum |
| dative | — | posteriōribus |
| accusative | — | posteriōra |
| ablative | — | posteriōribus |
| vocative | — | posteriōra |