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L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145
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|strgr=from [[ὑποστέλλω]]; [[shrinkage]] ([[timidity]]), i.e. (by [[implication]]) [[apostasy]]: [[draw]] [[back]].
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|txtha=ὑποστολῆς, ἡ ([[ὑποστέλλω]], [[which]] [[see]]), [[properly]], a withdrawing (Vulg. subtractio) (in a [[good]] [[sense]], [[Plutarch]], anim. an corp. aff. sint pej. § 3under the [[end]]); the [[timidity]] of [[one]] [[stealthily]] retreating: [[οὐκ]] ἐσμεν ὑποστολῆς ([[see]] [[εἰμί]] IV:1g.), we [[have]] no [[part]] in [[shrinking]] [[back]] etc., we are [[free]] from the [[cowardice]] of etc. (R. V. we are [[not]] of [[them]] [[that]] [[shrink]] [[back]] etc.), [[λάθρᾳ]] τά [[πολλά]] καί μεθ' ὑποστολῆς ἐκακουργησεν, Josephus, b. j. 2,14, 2; ὑποστολην ποιοῦνται, Antiquities 16,4, 3).
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Transliteration A: hypostolḗ Transliteration B: hypostolē Transliteration C: ypostoli Beta Code: u(postolh/

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A fasting, Plu.2.129c, Heliod. ap. Orib.46.20.6.    2 omission of a letter, τοῦ ῑ A.D.Adv.187.22: generally, removal, Id.Pron.91.26, al.    II shrinking, timidity, evasion, Ep.Hebr.10.39, Hsch.; δι' ὑποστολῆς holding back, Ascl.Tact.10.21; μετά τινος ὑ. with a certain reserve, Phld.Rh.1.108 S.    III concealment, dissimulation, J.BJ2.14.2.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ὑποστολή: ἡ κατὰ μικρὸν ἐλάττωσις τῆς τροφῆς, περιορισμὸς τῆς διαίτης, Πλούτ. 2. 129C, 475F, Ὀρειβάσ. 105 Cocch. 2) ἡ ἀποβολὴ γράμματος, Α. Β. 600, 30. ΙΙ. «δειλία, φυγὴ» Ἡσύχ., προβλ. Ἐπιστ. πρὸς Ἐβρ. ι΄, 39.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ῆς (ἡ) :
resserrement, diminution.
Étymologie: ὑποστέλλω.

English (Strong)

from ὑποστέλλω; shrinkage (timidity), i.e. (by implication) apostasy: draw back.

English (Thayer)

ὑποστολῆς, ἡ (ὑποστέλλω, which see), properly, a withdrawing (Vulg. subtractio) (in a good sense, Plutarch, anim. an corp. aff. sint pej. § 3under the end); the timidity of one stealthily retreating: οὐκ ἐσμεν ὑποστολῆς (see εἰμί IV:1g.), we have no part in shrinking back etc., we are free from the cowardice of etc. (R. V. we are not of them that shrink back etc.), λάθρᾳ τά πολλά καί μεθ' ὑποστολῆς ἐκακουργησεν, Josephus, b. j. 2,14, 2; ὑποστολην ποιοῦνται, Antiquities 16,4, 3).