ὑπέχω

ὑπέχω, [tense] fut.

A

ὑφέξω S.OT552

, etc.: [tense] aor. ὑπέσχον, poet. also ὑπέσχεθον, [dialect] Aeol. inf.

ὐποσκέθην IG12(2).526

A40 (Eresus, iv B. C.):—hold under,

a put a mare under or to a horse,

ὑποσχὼν θήλεας ἵππους Il.5.269

.

b of holding out the hand to receive something,

ὑπέσχεθε χεῖρα 7.188

; προτείνειν καὶ ὑ. [τὴν χεῖρα], to receive bribes, D.19.255;

ὑ. χρυσίῳ τὴν χεῖρα Men.309

: prov. of a greedy person,

ὑ. τὴν χεῖρα ἀποθνήσκων Diogenian.3.12

.

c ῥημάτων ὑ. οὖας lend an attentive ear, Simon.37.14;

σὺ δὲ μείλιχον οὖας ὑπόσχες Procl.H.7.52

;

ὑ. τὰ ὦτά τινι Aristid.2.230

J., etc.

d hold a cup under another vessel, while something is poured into it, Hdt.2.151, Ar.Ach.1063, Pax431, cf. 909: also intr., ὑ. κρουνοῖς stand under shower baths, Antyll. ap. Orib.10.3.10.

e put under, like wax under a seal,

τι ταῖς αἰσθήσεσι Pl.Tht.191d

.

f ὑ. μαστόν, of mother or nurse giving suck, E.Ion1372;

νηπίοις θηλὴν ὑ. Plu.Rom.21

.

2 supply, afford, furnish,

νεφέλην A.Fr.199.7

(ὑπερς χών Casaubon);

πλοῦτος ὑ. μέριμναν Pi.O.2.54

;

πάντα Ar.Lys.841

; ὑ. τὸ αὐτὸ τοῖς ἐναντίοις (sc. fear) Th.7.21; ὑ. ἑαυτόν submit oneself to another, so as to be at his disposal or follow his advice, X.Cyr.7.5.44, v.l. in Pl.R.399b: also c. inf., ὑπόσχες Σωκράτει ἐξελέγξαι allow Socrates to examine you, Id.Grg.497b.

II uphold, support,

τοὺς ὤμους Hdt.4.72

.

2 undergo, suffer,

τήνδ' ἄτην S.Tr.1274

(anap.);

ζημίαν E.Ion1308

;

κακόν Ar.Th.196

; τιμωρίαν τινός for a thing, Th.6.81, Aeschin.3.221, Lycurg.91, cf. Pl.Lg.716b;

πυρὸς αἰωνίου δίκην Ep.Jud.7

;

κόλασιν Plu.2.198d

, etc.; also τούτων τὰς αἰτίας to be subject to accusation for . . , Antipho 5.67;

τούτων . . οὐκ ἂν δικαίως τὴν αἰτίαν ὑπέχοιμι Pl.Ap.33b

;

ψόγον ἀμουσίας ὑ. Id.R. 403c

.

3 in law-phrases, ὑ. δίκας [τινός] to have to give an account of a thing, or suffer a penalty, Hdt.2.118;

δίκην ὑπόσχες αἵματος . . Εὐμενίσι E.Or.1649

;

ὑ. φόνου δίκας Pl.Lg.872c

(poet. also φόνον μητρὸς ὑφέξω in the same sense, E.El.1318 (anap.));

δίκην ὑ. τῶν πεπραγμένων D.19.95

;

ὑφέξειν τὴν δίκην S.OT552

;

ὑφέξω τοῖς κακίοσιν δίκην E.Hec.1253

;

ὑ. τῇ πόλει δίκην Pl.Phd.99a

; τοιάνδε δίκην ὑφέξειν undergo such a trial, Th.3.53, cf. IG12(2) l.c.; τοῖς χρήμασι τὰς σίκας ὑ. to have to pay the penalty with one's property, Isoc.20.17; ὑ. δίκας, ἐὰν . . D.23.77;

ὑ. κρίσιν περὶ ὧν ἄν τις ἐγκαλῇ Id.21.125

:— ὑ. καὶ λαμβάνειν τὸ δίκαιον ἐπὶ τῶν χρηματιστῶν, i.e. to have the right of suing or being sued, PTeb.5.213, al. (ii B. C.);

λαμβάνω ἐγὼ καὶ ὑπέχω τὸ δίκαιον ὑπὲρ τοῦ Πολυκλείτου PEnteux.8.6

(iii B.C.); ἐπαναγκάσαι αὐτὸν τὸ δίκαιον ἡμῖν ὑποσχεῖν ib.59.11 (iii B. C.).

b ἐμοὶ λόγον ὑποσχέτω let him render account to me, Pl.Prt.338d;

οὐδενὶ θέλων ὑπέχειν λόγον X.Mem.4.4.9

;

ὑ. τῇ πόλει περὶ τοῦ βίου λόγον And.4.37

; ὑ. εὐθύνας [ἀρχῆς] Lys . . 24.26, cf. 9.11, 30.3.

4 sustain, maintain, λόγον an argument, Arist.Rh.1354a5, Metaph.1011a22, al.;

ὑπόθεσιν Id.Top.158a31

; θέσιν καὶ ὁρισμόν ib.160b14. (For the [voice] Med., v. ὑπισχνέομαι.)