ὑποτείνω: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=(A), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">stretch under, put under</b>, ὀθόνιον <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VC</span>14</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>74a</span>; δοκίδα ὑπὸ τὴν κλίνην <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Fract.</span>13</span>; <b class="b3">ἀντηρίδας . . ὑ. πρὸς τοὺς τοίχους</b> <b class="b2">fixed</b> stay-beams <b class="b2">to strengthen</b> the ship's sides, <span class="bibl">Th.7.36</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be extended beneath</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>695a2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> intr., <b class="b2">extend under, subtend</b>, <b class="b3">ὑπὸ τὴν μείζω γωνίαν ὑ. τὴν τοῦ τριγώνου</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ἡ γραμμή</b>) <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mete.</span>376a13</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ τὴν ὀρθὴν γωνίαν ὑποτείνουσα</b> (sc. <b class="b3">γραμμή</b> or <b class="b3">πλευρά</b>) the <b class="b2">hypotenuse</b> or <b class="b2">line subtending</b> the right angle, Apollod. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.10.418f</span>; so <b class="b3">ἡ ὑποτείνουσα</b> alone, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>54d</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">IA</span>709a1</span>, <span class="bibl">20</span>; of a chord, <b class="b2">subtend</b> an arc, <span class="bibl">Euc.3.29</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ τὴν ΜΝΞ περιφέρειαν ὑποτείνουσα</b> εὐθεῖα Theodos. Tripol.<span class="title">Sphaer.</span>2.33 Heiberg. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">strain, pull hard</b>, [τοὺς κάλως] <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>458</span>: metaph., μεγάλας ὀδύνας ὑ. <b class="b2">intensifies</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span> 262</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">hold out hopes, offer</b>, c. inf., ὑ. τὰ ἐμπόρια συνελευθεροῦν <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.158</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.8.48</span>; also ὑ. [τινὶ] μισθούς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>657</span>; <b class="b3">ἐλπίδας, ὑποσχέσεις</b>, <span class="bibl">D.13.19</span>, <span class="bibl">23.14</span>:—Med., <span class="bibl">D.C.38.31</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">lay</b> or <b class="b2">put before one, present, suggest</b>, ὑ. τοῖς λόγοις μέμψιν <span class="bibl">Paus.7.9.4</span>; ὑ. λόγους τινὶ τοιούτους λέγειν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>915</span> (tm.); ἀπάτην <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Tim.</span>10</span>:— Med., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>179e</span>; also, <b class="b2">propose a question</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Grg.</span>448e</span>; τὸ προοίμιον δύο ταῦτα ὑποτείνεται <b class="b2">has as its subjects</b>, <span class="bibl">Steph. <span class="title">in Gal.</span>1.233</span> D.</span><br /><span class="bld">ὑποτείνω</span> (B), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> v. [[ὑποτίνω]].</span>

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