ὑφίστημι

ὑφίστημι, [dialect] Ion. [full] ὑπίστημι Hdt.5.16, al.: [tense] fut.

A

ὑποστήσω E.El.983

: [tense] aor. ὑπέστησα, [dialect] Dor.

ὑπέστᾱσα Pi.O.8.26

:—Causal, place or set under, ὑποστήσαντες [τῷ χαλκηΐῳ] τρεῖς κολοσσούς having set them under it, to support it, Hdt.4.152;

ὑ. προθύρῳ κίονας Pi.O.6.1

: metaph., χώραν ὑπέστᾱσε ξένοις κίονα ib.8.26: without dat., τρεῖς σταυροὺς ὑπίστησι plants three piles in the lake to support a house, Hdt.5.16;

ὑ. κλῶνας X.Cyn.10.7

;

ἐρείσματα Arist.HA625a12

, etc.: metaph., γνώμας ὑποστήσας σοφάς having laid them as a foundation, having begun with them, S.Aj.1091;

ὑ. δόλον E.

l.c.; v. infr. B.1.1.

2 post secretly or in ambush,

τοὺς δορυφόρους Hdt.5.92

.

ή; ταξάρχους X.HG4.1.26

.

3 bring to a halt, hold up, ὑποστήσαντες (sc. τοὺς στρατιώτας)

ἐν τῷ στενῷ οἱ στρατηγοί Id.An.4.1.14

(v.l. ὑποστάντες, v. infr. B. 111); ὑπέστησε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ναῦν ἀντίπρῳρον τοῖς πολεμίοις stationed it, Plb. 1.50.6.

4 give substance to, cause to subsist, 'hypostatize', Plot.6.7.40, al.; treat as subsisting,

ὁ νοῦς κατὰ τὸ νοεῖν ὑφιστὰς τὸ ὄν Id.5.1.4

;

ὑφίστησι μὲν τὸ ὅλον, ὑφίσταται δὲ τὰ μέρη Dam.Pr.271

, cf. Procl. Inst.28.

II [voice] Med. also in causal sense, mostly [tense] fut. and [tense] aor. 1, lay down, premise,

εἰ μή τι πιστὸν τῷδ' ὑποστήσει στόλῳ A.Supp. 461

;

ἀρχὰς ψευδεῖς ὑποστήσασθαι Plb.3.48.9

;

ἐπειδὰν ὑποθέσεις εὐπεριλήπτους . . ὑποστήσωνται Id.7.7.6

.

2 substitute one thing for another,

τὸν τρόπον τῇ τοῦ Πέρσου ἀλαζονείᾳ X.Ages.9.1

.

3 conceive, suppose, c. acc. et inf.,

τῷ -στησαμένῳ τοὺς θεοὺς . . εἶναι Phld.D.1.17

;

τοὺς θεοὺς ὑφίστανται τὸν κόσμον διοικεῖν D.S. 1.11

, cf. Heraclit.Incred.13; but the inf. is mostly omitted,

ἄφθαρτον ὑποστησάμενοι τὸν κόσμον D.S.1.6

, cf. 12, D.L.2.86:—[voice] Pass.,

τοὺς θεούς, ἂν φρονοῦντες -σταθῶσιν Phld.D.1.7

.

4 set before onself as a model, τινα Isoc.5.113.

B [voice] Pass., with [tense] aor. 2 and [tense] pf. [voice] Act. (Hom. uses only [tense] aor. 2):— stand under as a support,

ὑπεστᾶσι κολοσσοὶ . . τῇ αὐλῇ Hdt.2.153

;

τοὺς σταυροὺς τοὺς ὑπεστεῶτας τοῖσι ἰκρίοισι Id.5.16

;

τὸ ὑφεστὸς τῷ βάρει Arist.IA708b31

; v. supr. A. 1.1.

2 sink, settle, τὸ ὑπιστάμενον the milk, opp. τὸ ἐπιστάμενον (the cream), Hdt.4.2; opp. τὸ ἐπιπολάζον, Arist.Cael.311a17; of a sediment, deposit,

ἐν οὔρῳ ψαμμώδεα ὑφίσταται Hp.Aph.4.79

, cf. Arist.Mete.357b3; opp. ἐπιπλεῖν, Thphr. HP3.15.4; of the sun, set, Emp.48(cj.).

II place oneself under an engagement, promise to do, folld. by [tense] fut. inf.,

ὅσσ' Ἀχιλῆϊ . . ὑπέστημεν δώσειν Il.19.195

, cf. Hdt.9.94;

θύσειν ὑπέστης παῖδα E.IA360

(troch.), cf. Ar.V.716(anap.), Pl.Lg.751d; by [tense] aor.inf.,

ὑφεστακώς μοι ἦν ὁ Διόδωρος φιλάνθρωπον δοῦναι BGU1141.45

(i B. C.); by [tense] pres. inf.,

ὑπέστησαν ποιέειν ταῦτα Hdt.3.128

;

ὑ. τὴν τάξιν ἔχειν X.Cyr.6.3.35

: the inf. is sts. omitted, ὡς . . ὑπέστην καὶ κατένευσα (sc. ἔσεσθαι) Il.4.267: abs.,

ἢ ἔπος ἠέ τι ἔργον ὑποστὰς ἐξετέλεσσε

after promise given,

Od. 3.99

, cf. Il.21.457, Hdt.3.127, 9.34, Lys.19.19, X.An.4.1.26; ὤσπερ ὑπέστη as he promised, Th.4.39, 8.29: c. dat. pers., ὤς οἱ ὑπέστην as I promised him, Il.15.75: sts. with acc. of object (but an inf. may be supplied),

πάντα τελευτήσεις ὅσ' ὑπέστης . . Πριάμῳ 13.375

;

τρίποδας φέρον, οὕς οἱ ὑπέστη 19.243

, cf. 11.244;

ἐκτελέουσιν ὑπόσχεσιν ἥνπερ ὑπέσταν 2.286

, cf. Od.10.483; ἦ ῥ' ἅλιον τὸν μῦθον ὑπέστημεν . . , ἀπονέεσθαι vain was the promise we made . . , that he would return, Il.5.715.

2 submit, c. dat., τινι 9.160: with [tense] aor. inf., ὑ. θανεῖν, κατθανεῖν, E.HF706, Ion1415.

3 c. acc. rei, submit to, consent to, ὁ τὸ ἐλάχιστον ὑπιστάμενος who offers to take the least, Hdt. 1.196; ὑ. τὸν πλοῦν undertake it unwillingly, Th.4.28;

ὑ. τὸν κίνδυνον Id.2.61

, Lys.9.7, cf. Th.4.59, Isoc.3.28;

ἀγῶνας Th.3.57

, OGI763.9 (Milet., ii B. C.);

πόνον E.Supp.189

;

βέλος Id.HF1350

;

ἔρωτα Id.Tr.415

;

ἀπεχθείας Plu.Them.3

;

πόλεμον Plb. 1.6.7

, Alciphr.3.45; πράγματα ib.61;

τὴν πρᾶξιν Plu.Pel.8

;

τὸν ἆθλον Luc.Rh.Pr.24

: also c. inf., consent, bring oneself to,

οὔ τίς με . . ὑπέστη σαῶσαι Il.21.273

;

πᾶν ἂν ὑποστὰς εἰπεῖν D.21.114

; ὑ. ἐξαπατᾶν τινα Id. 19.69: abs., submit patiently, Id.Prooem.5.1; ὑφίστασθαι συμβαίνει τὸν κερατοειδῆ the cornea yields (to pressure), Aët.7.36.

b undertake an office,

τὴν ἀρχήν X.An.6.1.19

,31;

γυμνασιαρχίαν IG5(1).535.12

([place name] Sparta), cf. OGI494.6 (Milet., ii A. D.); ὑφέστη (sic)

τὴν στρατηγίαν SIG876.6

(Smyrna, ii/iii A. D.), cf. Plu.Cam.37: also

ἐθελοντὴν ὑποστῆναι τριήραρχον Lys.29.7

;

χορηγὸς ὑπέστην D.21.69

; ἐμὲ τοῦ λόγου διάδοχον . . ὑποστάντα PlPhlb.19a; poet.,

ὑπέστης αἵματος δέκτωρ A.Eu.204

: metaph., ψυχὴν Τέλητος ὑπέστης, i. e. you promised to be as brave as T., Hermipp.46 (anap.).

c make an offer in a public auction, ἔδοξεν . . μοι μηθὲν ὑποστῆναι I decided to make no bid, commit myself to nothing, PCair.Zen.371.9 (iii B.C.), cf. PMich.Zen. 60.10 (iii B. C.); δώδεκα ἀρταβῶν ὑπέστη he undertook (to supply the produce) of 12 artabae, ib. 36.5 (iii B.C.), cf. PCair.Zen.199.4 (iii B.C.), PEleph.21.16 (iii B.C.); ὑφίστατο . . τάξεσθαι ἑκάστου πήχεως [x] PTheb. Bank 1.2 (ii B. C.); οὐ δυνόμενος ( = -άμενος)

οὐκέτι ὑποστῆναι τὴν γεωργίαν Sammelb.7468.11

(iii A. D.).

d ὑπέστη πολλὰς ἀπορίας laid himself open to many doubts, Plot.3.6.12.

III lie concealed or in ambush, Hdt.8.91, E.Andr.1114, v.l. in X.An.4.1.14; v. supr. A. 1.2,

ὑφίημι 1.3

, ὑφεῖσα.

IV resist, withstand, c. dat., A.Pers.87 (lyr.), X.An.3.2.11, HG7.5.12:

ξυμφοραῖς ταῖς μεγίσταις ὑ. Th.2.61

, cf. E.HF1349: c. acc., Id.Cyc.200, Rh.375 (lyr.), Th.1.144, Plb.9.35.1: abs., stand one's ground, face the enemy, E.Ph.1470, Th.4.54, 8.68, Plb.4.80.5; opp. φεύγω, X.Cyr.4.2.31, Plu.Demetr.25; ὑποστᾰθείς, opp. φεύγων, E.Rh.315; of clouds, opp. προωθεῖσθαι, Arist.Pr.940b36.

2 subsist, exist (cf.

ὑπόστασις B.

III),

κατ' ἰδίαν ὑφεστώς Arist.Fr.188

;

ὑφέστηκε τό τε ὁρᾶν ἡμᾶς καὶ ἀκούειν ὥσπερ τὸ ἀλγεῖν Epicur.Fr.36

;

τὸ ὑφεστηκὸς τέλος Id.Sent.22

, cf. Diog.Oen.5, Arr.Epict.3.7.6;

ἐκ τοῦ μηκέτ' ὄντος μηδ' ὑφεστῶτος Plu.2.829c

, cf. Luc.Par.27; τὸ παρῳχημένον τοῦ χρόνου καὶ τὸ μέλλον οὐχ ὑπάρχειν ἀλλ' ὑφεστηκέναι φησί (sc. Χρύσιππος) Stoic.2.165; the Stoic distinction betw. τὸ ὄν and τὸ ὑφεστός is pettifogging acc. to Gal.10.155 (= Stoic.2.115);

τὰ ὑφεστῶτα

business in hand,

Plb.6.14.5

.

b ὑφεστηκότος παρὰ τῷ ταμίᾳ κατ' ἰδίαν λόγου the treasurer having a special bank-account, IG12(9).236.64 (Eretria, ii B.C.);

τὸ ἥμισσυ ἀναπεμπόντω ἐπὶ τὰν δαμοσίαν τράπεζαν ἐς τὸν ὑφεστᾱκότα τᾶς θεοῦ λόγον Arch.f.Religionswiss. 10.211

(Cos, ii B.C.); ὑποστησαμένους λόγον πόλεως τῶν . . χρημάτων ἐγγράφεσθαι τὸ διδόμενον they shall open a municipal account (entitled) 'the . . fund' and place this gift to its credit, SIG577.13 (Milet., iii/ii B.C.).

V ἡ κοιλία ὑφίσταται the bowels are costive, lit., are obstructed or stopped, Plu.2.134e.

VI arise within,

τῷ πλήθει τοιοῦτον ὑπέστη δέος Plb.11.30.2

codd. (παρέστη is prob. cj.).