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|Full diacritics=ὑποχωρέω
|Medium diacritics=ὑποχωρέω
|Low diacritics=υποχωρέω
|Capitals=ΥΠΟΧΩΡΕΩ
|Transliteration A=hypochōréō
|Transliteration B=hypochōreō
|Transliteration C=ypochoreo
|Beta Code=u(poxwre/w
|Definition=fut. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> -ήσομαι <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Tox.</span> 11</span>:—<b class="b2">go back, retire, withdraw</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.6.107</span>, <span class="bibl">22.96</span>; <b class="b3">χώρησαν δ' ὑπό τε πρόμαχοι</b> . . <span class="bibl">4.505</span>; <b class="b3">ὑ. ἐς τὴν Σάμον, εἰς Σικυῶνα</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.8.79</span>, <span class="bibl">Is.6.20</span>; πρὸς αἱμασιάν <span class="bibl">Th.4.43</span>; παρὰ Τισσαφέρνην <span class="bibl">Id.8.45</span>; freq. in part., <b class="b3">ὑποχωρῶν ᾤχετο, ὑποχωρήσαντες φεύγουσι</b>, <span class="bibl">Is.4.28</span>, <span class="bibl">D.22.66</span>; of a lion, βάδην ὑ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>629b14</span>; of long-horned kine, νέμεσθαι ὑποχωροῦντας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">PA</span>659a20</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς τὰ βαθέα ὑ</b>., of eels, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>592a27</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., <b class="b2">withdraw from</b>, ὑ. τῆς χώρης <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.207</span>; ὑ. τοῦ πεδίου <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.4.24</span>; τοῦ βίου <span class="title">IG</span>12(7).395.9 (Amorgos): c. dat., τὸ δημοκρατικὸν ὑπεχώρησε τῷ ὀλιγαρχικῷ <b class="b2">gave way to</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>560a</span>; τὸν ἥσσω τῷ κρατοῦντι ὑ. <span class="bibl">Th.1.77</span>; but <b class="b3">ὑ. τῷ δαίμονι</b> <b class="b2">try to escape from</b>... <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Brut.</span>40</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">κἀκεῖνος ὑπεχώρησεν αὐτῷ τοῦ θρόνου</b> he (Aeschylus) <b class="b2">gave</b> Sophocles <b class="b2">a share of</b> the throne, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span> 790</span> (not <b class="b2">surrendered</b> it, which would be <b class="b3">παρεχώρησεν</b>) <b class="b3">; τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους ἐντρέπεσθαι . . ὁδῶν ὑποχωροῦντας</b> <b class="b2">making way for them</b> on the streets (not '<b class="b2">retiring from</b> the streets'), Plu.2.237d. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> c. acc., <b class="b2">avoid, shun</b>, μηδένα ὄχλον [νεῶν] Ἀθηναῖοι ὄντες ὑποχωρεῖν <span class="bibl">Th. 2.88</span>; so perh. to be taken in <span class="bibl">Il.13.476</span>, <b class="b3">μένεν... οὐδ' ὑπεχώρει, Αἰνείαν ἐπιόντα;</b> cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>240a</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.6.93</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Tox.</span>36</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">cede, yield</b>, τὴν δεσποτίαν αὐτοῖς <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>67.19</span> (iv A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">pass off below</b>, esp. by way of stool, σάρκες <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>4.26</span>, etc.; εἰ ταχέως ὑποχωρεῖ τῶν ὑποχονδρίων Gal.6.56, cf. 253:—in Med., <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span> 7.67</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">go on steadily</b>, <b class="b3">εἰρεσία ὑπεχώρησεν ἐκ παλαμᾶν</b> the rowing <b class="b2">went on</b>, stroke <b class="b2">after</b> stroke, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.202</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">Ἡγέλοχος οὕτω προηνέγκατο</b> (sc. <b class="b3">γαλην ὁρῶ</b>) <b class="b3"> ὥστε μὴ ὑποχωρῆσαι ἐκ τῆς συναλοιφῆς τὸ γαληνά, ἀλλὰ διαχωρῆσαι μᾶλλον, ὥστε δόξαι τὴν γαλῆν εἰπεῖν</b> Sch.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>305</span> (dub. sens.).</span>
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