- ὑπείκω
- ὑπείκ-ω, [dialect] Ep. [full] ὑποείκω, with [tense] impf. ὑπόεικον, Il.16.305: [tense] fut.A
ὑπείξω A.Ag.1362
, S.OT625, D.15.24;ὑπείξομαι Il.1.294
, Od.12.117; [dialect] Ep. alsoὑποείξομαι Il.23.602
: [tense] aor. 1ὑπεῖξα X.An.7.7.31
; [dialect] Ep.ὑπόειξα Il.15.227
: cf. ὑπεικαθεῖν:—retire, withdraw, depart, c. gen. loci, νεῶν from the ships, Il.16.305; ὑ. τινὶ ἕδρης retire from one's seat for another, make room for him, Od.16.42; ὑ. τοῦ ἀρχαίου λόγου draw back from . . , Hdt.7.160; ὑ. τινὶ λόγων (cj. Valck. for λόγῳ) give one the first word, allow him to speak first, X.Mem.2.3.16;πολίταις ὁδῶν καὶ θάκων καὶ λόγων ὑπείκειν Id.Cyr.8.7.10
.2 yield, give way,ὑ. τινί Id.An.7.7.31
: abs., of a seaman,ὅστις . . πόδα τείνας ὑπείκει μηδέν S.Ant.716
; of things, Il.20.266;ὅσα δένδρων ὑ. S.Ant.713
;ὑ. ὑγρὰ οὖσα ἡ κνήμη X.Eq.7.6
;ὑ. αἱ δάπιδες
are soft and yielding,Id.
Cyr.8.8.16; ἐν ὑπείκοντι in a yielding substance, Arist.PA694b15;πρὸς ἀντιπῖπτον . . καὶ οὐ πρὸς ὑπεῖκον Id.Pr.961b4
;καθ' ἅπερ ἂν ὑπείκῃ Gal.2.711
; τὸ ὑπεῖκον, = οἱ ὑπείκοντες, E.IT327.3 c. acc., πάροιθε νεμεσσηθεὶς ὑπόειξε χεῖρας ἐμάς he scaped my hands, Il.15.227.II metaph., yield, give way, comply, ib.211;θεοῖσιν ὑπείξεαι ἀθανάτοισι Od.12.117
, cf. Il.23.602;ἀλλ' ἤτοι μὲν ταῦθ' ὑποείξομεν ἀλλήλοισι 4.62
; σοὶ πᾶν ἔργον ὑπείξομαι I will give way to thee in . . , 1.294: in Trag., [dialect] Att., etc., sts. abs., yield, submit, S.Aj.371, OT625, Th.1.127, Pl. Ap.32a, Ep.Hebr.13.17, etc.: sts. c. dat., submit to, A.Ag.1362;τιμαῖς S.Aj.670
;γήρᾳ ὑ. E.IA140
(anap.);ὑ. θυμουμένοις Pl.Lg.717d
, cf. R.336e, etc.;ἐπιθυμίαις Phld.D.1.25
: c. inf., νῷν ὕπεικε τὸν κασίγνητον μολεῖν concede to us that . . , S.OC1184; ὑ. δαμῆναι submit to be conquered, A.R.4.1676; but ὑ. μὴ πολεμίζειν yield, so as not to . . , prob. l. ib.408 (ὑπείξομαι, -ωμαι codd.).
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