ὑφίημι

ὑφίημι, [dialect] Ion. [full] ὑπίημι Hdt.1.156, al.:—

A let down, lower,

ἱστόν Il.1.434

, h.Ap.504, cf. Poll.1.107; ὑ. τὸ ἱστίον lower sail, Sch.S.El.335 (v. infr. 111); ὑ. τὰς ῥάβδους, of lictors, Plu.Pomp.19.

2 put under,

ὑπὸ δὲ θρῆνυν ποσὶν ἥσει Il.14.240

, cf. Od.19.57;

ὑφείσθωσαν ὑπὸ τοὺς βρόχους X.Cyn.10.2

; put a young one under its dam, put it to suck,

ὑπ' ἔμβρυον ἧκεν ἑκάστῃ Od.9.245

,309; ὑφίητι ([dialect] Dor.)

τὰ μοσχία Theoc.4.4

:—but in [voice] Med., μαστοῖς ὑφεῖτο put it to her own breasts, to suckle it, E.Ph.31.

b put female to male, Palaeph.39.

3 ὑ. τινά engage any one secretly, prepare him to play a part, suborn,

ὑφεὶς μάγον τοιόνδε S.OT387

, cf. Pl.Ax.368e: hence in [tense] pf. part. [voice] Pass., ὡς ἔχιδν' ὑφειμένη like a snake lurking, S.Ant.531: also

ἐνέδρας πολλὰς ὑφείς Plu.Pyrrh.30

, cf. Anon. ap. Suid. s.v. ὑφέντες; ἐνσχεθεὶς ταῖς πάγαις ἂς ἄλλοις ὑφῆκε Ael.Fr.22;

δέλεαρ αὐτῷ δέκα σπείρας ὑφῆκεν Plu. Pomp.20

, cf. Per.13.

4 give up, surrender,

σῶμ' ὑφεῖσ' ἀλγηδόσι E.Med.24

;

ὑ. τὴν χώραν ἡμετέραν εἶναι X.An.3.5.5

.

5 let down, relax,

τὸ ἄγαν τινός Plu.2.68e

.

II intr., slacken, relax, or abate from a thing, c. gen.,

ὑπεὶς τῆς ὀργῆς Hdt.1.156

;

τῆς ἀγνωμοσύνης Id.9.4

, cf. E.Ion847;

πολὺ τῆς ὁρμῆς ὑφεικώς D.Chr.11.95

: abs., give in, abate,

οὐδὲν ὑπιέντες Hdt.7.162

:—[voice] Med.,

ὑπίεσθαι τῆς ὀργῆς Id.2.121

.

δ; ὕφεσθε τοῦ τόνου Ar.V.337

;

τοῦ μέγα φρονεῖν X.Cyr.7.5.62

;

τῆς δυνάμεως μηδέν Id.Mem.4.3.17

; of things, [τὸ ὕδωρ] ὑπίεται τοῦ ψυχροῦ abates from . . , Hdt.4.181;

οὐ πόνων ὑ. X.Ages.7.1

; τοῦ στόματός γε ὑ. I give way as to it, Id.Smp.5.7: yield, give way, D.H. 8.84;

τοῖς πολεμίοις Id.Cyr.5.2.12

; φρονήματος οὐδενὶ . . ὑφιέμενος inferior to none in spirit, Plu.Cat.Mi.1, cf. Id.2.54c;

ὑ. τῆς ἐμπειρίας Jul.Or.2.53d

;

ὑ. τινὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ Luc.Luct. 2

; give up,

τῶν ἐκ τῆς ἀρχῆς προσόδων Jul.Or.1.19c

: c. dat. et inf.,

οὐδενὶ ὑφείμην ἂν ἥδιον ἐμοῦ βεβιωκέναι X.Mem.4.8.6

, cf. HG7.4.9, Oec.12.14.

III [voice] Med. and [voice] Pass., lower one's sails (v. supr. 1.1), Archil. (?) in PLit.Lond.54, Ar.Ra.1220: mostly in [tense] pf. part., ἐν κακοῖς μοι πλεῖν ὑφειμένῃ δοκεῖ to run with lowered sails, i. e. to lower one's tone, S.El.335; so

ὑφειμένοις πλέων ἱστίοις καὶ ταπεινοῖς Plu.Luc.3

: metaph.,

τῆς φωνῆς ὑφειμένης ἐπαρθείσης δὲ μή Phld.Rh.1.199S.

, cf. Philostr.Im.1.22, Aristaenet.1.3;

τὸ ὑφειμένον

diminution,

Thphr.CP6.14.12

; μισθῶν ὑφειμένων at reduced wages, PTeb.5.251 (ii B. C.); ὑφειμένα χρώματα pale colours, Steph. in Gal.1.250 D.: c. gen.,

ὑφεῖσθαί τινος

to descend lower in the scale than, be inferior to,

Procl.Inst.18

, Dam.Pr.34: abs.,

-ειμένος Plot.6.4.11

, Procl.Inst.24, al.

2 σῴζω νεοσσοὺς ὄρνις ὢς ὑφειμένη like a cowering hen,—or perh. with my nestlings under me, E.HF72.

3 submit, X.An.3.1.17, 3.2.3, al.: c. inf., κατθανεῖν ὑφειμένη submissively prepared to die, E.Alc.524.