Perseus analyses of ὕστερον:

ὕστερον (the afterbirth): neut nom/voc/acc sg
ὕστερος (latter, last): masc acc sg
ὕστερος (latter, last): neut nom/voc/acc sg

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ὕστερον

ὕστερον, τό,

A. the afterbirth, Hp. Mul. 1.46, Arist. HA 587a8, Sor. 1.57: pl., Hp.l.c., Aph. 5.49.

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ὕστερος

ὕστερος, ὕστᾰτος,

A. ὕστερος, α, ον, latter:

I. of Place, coming after, behind, ὑστέρῳ ποδί E. Hipp. 1243, HF 1040; ὑστέρας ἔχων πώλους keeping them behind, S. El. 734; ὕ. λόχος X. Cyr. 2.3.21; ἐν τῷ ὑ. λόγῳ Antipho 6.14, cf. Pi. O. 11(10).5, Pl. Grg. 503c, etc.; τὰ ὕ. the latter clauses, Plu. 2.742d (s. v. l., δεύτερα Turnebus): c. gen., ὕστεροι ἡμῶν behind us, Pl. Ly. 206e, cf. Th. 3.103; οὐδὲν ὑστέρα νεώς not a whit behind (slower than) a ship, A. Eu. 251.

4. as Subst., οἱ ὕ. posterity, E. Supp. 1225; ἄνδρες ὕ., ὕ. βροτοί, Id. Tr. 13,1245.

2. logically posterior, ὁ τόπος ὕ. τῆς ὕλης Plot. 2.4.12.

B. ὕστᾰτος, η, ον, last:

III. of Rank or Degree, οὐκ ἐν ὑστάτοις S. Tr. 315; τὰ ὕ. πάσχειν, like τὰ ἔσχατα, Luc. Phal. 1.5.

2. in Adv. sense with Preps., ἐν ὑστάτοις at last, Pl. R. 620c; εἰς τὸ ὕ. extremely, γέρων ἐς τὸ ὕ. Luc. Herm. 9.