- ὕπαιθα
- ὕπαιθᾰ, Adv., ([etym.] ὑπό, ὑπαί)A out under, under and away, ὕ. λιάσθη yielded before him, under his attack, Il.15.520;
ποταμὸς . . ὕ. ῥέων 21.271
;ἡ δὲ [πέλεια] ὕ. φοβεῖται 22.141
;κατακέκλιται ἤπειρόνδε κοίλη ὕ. νάπη A.R.2.735
.II Prep. with gen. under, αἱ μὲν ὕπαιθα ἄνακτος ἐποίπνυον (sc. αἱ ἀμφίπολοι) under him, so as to support him, Il.18.421; of one shrinking under an attack,ὕπαιθα δὲ τοῖο λιασθεὶς φεῦγ' 21.255
. (Expld. as εἰς τὸ ἰθὺ καὶ ἀντικρὺ καὶ ἔμπροσθεν in Eust. 1030.20, cf. 1234.11, 1262.61; as ἐκ πλαγίου in Sch.A.R. l.c., denied or doubted by Eust. ll. cc.)
Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό). 2014.