posterity
posterity
subs.
Descendant: P. and V. ἔκγονος, ὁ or ἡ.
Later generations: P. and V. οἱ ἔπειτα, P. οἱ ἐπιγιγνόμενοι, V. ὕστεροι, οἱ, μεθύστεροι, οἱ, ἔκγονα, τά, οἱ ἐπίσποροι.
subs.
Descendant: P. and V. ἔκγονος, ὁ or ἡ.
Later generations: P. and V. οἱ ἔπειτα, P. οἱ ἐπιγιγνόμενοι, V. ὕστεροι, οἱ, μεθύστεροι, οἱ, ἔκγονα, τά, οἱ ἐπίσποροι.
POSTERITY
posteritas (time and persons): posteri homines qui futuri sunt (persons). To hand down anything to posterity aliquid memoriae prodere aliquid posteritati notum facere (general term); litteris aliquid prodere (by writing): to come down to posterity ad posteritatem pervenire: to transmit one’s name to posterity memoriam prodere: this will descend to the latest posterity hujus rei ne posteritas quidem omnium saeculorum immemor erit: to have regard or a view to posterity posteritatis rationem habere; posteritati servire; futurae post mortem famae consulere.
posteritas (time and persons): posteri homines qui futuri sunt (persons). To hand down anything to posterity aliquid memoriae prodere aliquid posteritati notum facere (general term); litteris aliquid prodere (by writing): to come down to posterity ad posteritatem pervenire: to transmit one’s name to posterity memoriam prodere: this will descend to the latest posterity hujus rei ne posteritas quidem omnium saeculorum immemor erit: to have regard or a view to posterity posteritatis rationem habere; posteritati servire; futurae post mortem famae consulere.
posterity:
1. postĕri, orum (descendants): to exact penalties from children, grandchildren, p., a liberis, nepotibus, p., poenas expetere, Cic. N. D. 3, 38, init.: Hor.: Tac.
2. postĕrĭtas (in more abstract sense, after-times or people): to be known to p. (after-ages), posteritati notum esse, Cic. Am. 4, 15: to have regard to p., posteritati servire, id. Tusc. 1, 15, extr.: late p., sera p., Ov. Pont. 4, 8, 48. (N.B.--To be used with care; as it strictly means nothing more than, the total of what follows: cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 13, posteritatis rationem habere = to have regard to after-consequences.)
3. mĭnōres, um (= posteri: poet.): Virg.
4. when referring to the notice or memory of after-ages, often expr. by mĕmŏria: to hand down to p., memoriae prodere: v.TO HAND DOWN . Join: ad memoriam posteritatemque prodere, Cic. Verr. 5, 14, 36.
1. postĕri, orum (descendants): to exact penalties from children, grandchildren, p., a liberis, nepotibus, p., poenas expetere, Cic. N. D. 3, 38, init.: Hor.: Tac.
2. postĕrĭtas (in more abstract sense, after-times or people): to be known to p. (after-ages), posteritati notum esse, Cic. Am. 4, 15: to have regard to p., posteritati servire, id. Tusc. 1, 15, extr.: late p., sera p., Ov. Pont. 4, 8, 48. (N.B.--To be used with care; as it strictly means nothing more than, the total of what follows: cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 13, posteritatis rationem habere = to have regard to after-consequences.)
3. mĭnōres, um (= posteri: poet.): Virg.
4. when referring to the notice or memory of after-ages, often expr. by mĕmŏria: to hand down to p., memoriae prodere: v.