(posterus) adj. with comp. posterior, us, and sup. postremus post. I. Posit. (not used in sing. nom m.), coming after, following, next, ensuing, subsequent, future: cum ibi diem posterum commoraretur: postero die, S.: posterā nocte, N.: postera aetas, H.: posterā Crescam laude, in the esteem of posterity, H.

—Plur m. as subst, coming generations, descendants, posterity: sic vestri posteri de vobis praedicabunt.

—Ellipt.: quam minimum credula postero (sc. tempori), to-morrow, H.: in posterum oppugnationem differt, the next day, Cs.: in posterum (sc. tempus) confirmat, for the future, Cs.: longe in posterum prospicere.

— As subst n., a sequence, result: posterum et consequens.

—II. Comp, that comes after, next in order, following, latter, later, posterior: ut cum priore (dicto) posterius cohaerere videatur: nec acumine posteriorum (oratorum), nec fulmine utens superiorum: Pars prior apparet, posteriora latent, O.: cogitationes, afterthoughts: quod prius ordine verbum est, Posterius facias, H.: Posterior partīs superat mensura priores, i. e. the bulk of the hinder parts, O.

—Fig., inferior, of less account, of lower value, worse: nihil posterius, nihil nequius: non posteriores feram (sc. partīs), I shall not be behindhand, T.: utrum posterior an infelicior esset iudicare: quorum utrique patriae salus posterior suā dominatione fuit.

—III. Sup, hindmost, last, aftermost, rear: alia prima ponet, alia postrema: acies, S.: nec postrema cura, not the last, V.

—Plur n. as subst, the last, rear: in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis adesse, S.: non in postremis, especially (cf. in primis): Messapus primas acies, postrema coercent Tyrrhidae iuvenes, V.

—Fig., the last, lowest, basest, meanest, worst: genus: servitus postremum malorum omnium.