ὑποτείνω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A),<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[stretch under]], [[put under]], [[ὀθόνιον]] Hp.''VC''14, Pl.''Ti.''74a; δοκίδα ὑπὸ τὴν κλίνην Hp.''Fract.''13; ἀντηρίδας ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ὑπέτειναν πρὸς τοὺς τοίχους = [[fixed]] [[stay]]-[[beam]]s to [[strengthen]] the [[ship]]'s [[side]]s, Th.7.36:—Pass., to [[be extended beneath]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''695a2.<br><span class="bld">b</span> intr., [[extend under]], [[subtend]], <b class="b3">ὑπὸ τὴν μείζω γωνίαν ὑποτείνει τὴν τοῦ τριγώνου</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">ἡ γραμμή</b>) Id.''Mete.''376a13; [[ἡ τὴν ὀρθὴν γωνίαν ὑποτείνουσα]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[γραμμή]] or [[πλευρά]]) the [[hypotenuse]] or [[line]] [[subtend]]ing the [[right]] [[angle]], Apollod. ap. Ath.10.418f; so ἡ [[ὑποτείνουσα]] alone, Pl.''Ti.''54d, Arist.''IA''709a1, 20; of a [[chord]], [[subtend]] an [[arc]], Euc.3.29; <b class="b3">ἡ τὴν ΜΝΞ περιφέρειαν ὑποτείνουσα</b> [[εὐθεῖα]] Theodos. Tripol.''Sphaer.''2.33 Heiberg.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[strain]], [[pull hard]], [τοὺς κάλως] Ar.''Pax''458: metaph., μεγάλας ὀδύνας ὑ. [[intensify|intensifies]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]'' 262 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[hold out hopes]], [[offer]], c. inf., ὑ. τὰ ἐμπόρια συνελευθεροῦν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.158, cf. Th.8.48; also ὑ. [τινὶ] μισθούς [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''657; [[ἐλπίδας]], [[ὑποσχέσεις]], D.13.19, 23.14:—Med., D.C.38.31.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[lay before]] or [[put before]] one, [[present]], [[suggest]], ὑ. τοῖς λόγοις μέμψιν Paus.7.9.4; ὑ. λόγους τινὶ τοιούτους λέγειν E.''Or.''915 (tm.); ἀπάτην Plu.''Tim.''10:—Med., [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''179e; also, [[propose a question]], Id.''Grg.''448e; τὸ προοίμιον δύο ταῦτα ὑποτείνεται = has as its [[subject]]s, Steph. ''in Gal.''1.233 D.<br /><br />(B), v. [[ὑποτίνω]].