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ὑστερέω

ὑστερέω, to be behind, come late

ὑστερ-έω, fut. -ήσω LXX Ps. 83(84).12, al.: aor. ὑστέρησα (freq. with v.l. ὑστέρισα) Hdt. 1.70, etc.: pf. ὑστέρηκα D.S. 15.47, Ep.Hebr. 4.1: plpf. ὑστερήκειν Th. 3.31:—Pass., aor. ὑστερήθην 2 Ep.Cor. 11.9, J. AJ 15.6.7: (ὕστερος):—
  • to be behind or later, come late, opp. προτερέω or φθάνω, ὑστέρησαν οἱ ἄγοντες Hdt. 1.70, cf. E. Ph. 976, X. HG 5.1.3, Pl. Grg. 447a: c. dat. modi, ὑ. τῇ διώξει Th. 1.134; τῇ βοηθείᾳ D. 59.3: simply, occur later, of thunder after lightning, Epicur. Ep. 2p.46U.
    • II c. gen. rei, come later than, come too late for, ὑστέρησαν (v.l. ὑστέρισαν) ἡμέρῃ μιῇ τῆς συγκειμένης came one day after the appointed day, Hdt. 6.89; ὑ. τῆς μάχης ἡμέραις (sic leg. cum cod.C1, pro -ρας) πέντε came too late for the battle by five days, X. An. 1.7.12; ὑστερήσαντες οὐ πολλῷ Th. 8.44; ὑ. δείπνου Amphis 39; ἐπειδὴ τῆς Μυτιλήνης ὑστερήκει had come too late to save M., Th. 3.31; ὑ. τῆς πατρίδος fail to assist it, X. Ages. 2.1; τῶν λέμβων ὑ. miss them, Plb. 5.101.4; τῶν καιρῶν Arist. SE 175a26; τῆς ἐργασίας PCair.Zen. 25.12 (iii B. C.); ταύτης [τῆς ὥρας] Gal. 7.362; τῆς βοηθείας D.S. 13.110.
      • 2 c. gen. pers., come after him, ὑ. εἰς Ἁλίαρτον τοῦ Λυσάνδρου X. HG 3.5.25: also c. dat., come too late for him, Th. 7.29.
      • 3 ὑ. ἔς τι Hp. Epid. 6.7.3.
    • III metaph., lag behind, be inferior to, τῶν . . ἀποστόλων 2 Ep.Cor. 11.5; ἐμπειρίᾳ ὑ. τῶν ἄλλων Pl. R. 539e; μηδʼ ἐν ἄλλῳ μηδενὶ μέρει ἀρετῆς ὑ. ib. 484d; ἵνα γνῶ τί ὑστερῶ ἐγώ LXX Ps. 38(39).5.
      • 2 fall below, fail to do justice to a theme, ὑστερήσας οὐδὲν τῆς τέχνης Luc. Par. 60.
    • IV fail to obtain, lack, τἀγαθοῦ Clearch.Com. 3.5; τοῦ δικαίου PEnteux. 86.11 (iii B. C.); ξύλων ἀκανθίνων οὐχ ὑστεροῦσι, ἀλλʼ ἢ ἔχουσιν ἱκανά PCair.Zen. 270.5 (iii B. C.):—Med. (with aor. Pass.), ὑστερεῖσθαί τινος D.S. 18.71, Ep.Rom. 3.23, J. AJ 15.6.7, PMasp. 2 iii 14 (vi A. D.); ὑστερηθεὶς τῆς ὁράσεως having lost his sight, PLond. 5.1708.85 (vi A. D.); δάνιον δανιεῖς αὐτῷ ὅσον ἂν ἐπιδέηται καὶ καθʼ ὅσον ὑστερεῖται LXX De. 15.8 (cod. A); in fut. Med., παιδὸς ὑστερήσομαι (ἐστερήσομαι corr. Reiske) E. IA 1203.
      • 2 abs., fail, come to grief, Phld. Oec. p.50 J.; fall short of supplies, ἵνα μηθὲν ὑστερῇ τὰ ἐλαιούργια PHib. 1.43.6 (iii B. C.):—Med., to be in want, Ev.Luc. 15.14, 1 Ep.Cor. 8.8; pf. part. ὑστερημένοι those who have failed, Phld. Herc. 1457.9.
    • V of things, fail, be wanting, Dsc. 5.75.13, Ev.Jo. 2.3; ἕν σε (v.l. σοι) ὑστερεῖ Ev.Marc. 10.21; ὡς μὴ ὑστερεῖν τι ὑμῖν τῶν ὑπαρχόντων δικαίων BGU 1074.7 (iii A. D.).—Cf. ὑστερίζω throughout.

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