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===adjective===

[[subordinate]], [[subject]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὑπήκοος]], [[ὑποχείριος]].

[[ever subservient to the powers that be]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ὑπὸ τοῖς δυναμένοισιν ὢν ἀεί]] ([[Euripides|Eur.]], ''[[Orestes]]'' 889).

[[humble]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ταπεινός]].

[[slavish]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[δοῦλος]] ([[Plato]] but rare [[prose|P.]]); see [[slavish]].

[[secondary]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πάρεργος]], [[verse|V.]] [[δεύτερος]]; see [[secondary]].

[[conducive to]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ὑπουργός]] (dat.) ([[Xenophon|Xen.]]).
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