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|Definition=[ῡ], <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">drag down</b>, τὰς ἁμάξας εἰς τὸν ποταμόν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pyrrh.</span> 28</span>; <b class="b3">ὑ. τὰ σκέλη</b> [[trip]] them [[up]], <span class="bibl">D.S.17.100</span>; ὑ. τὸν πόδα <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Anach.</span> 27</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">ὑποσῠρέντων τῶν ἵππων</b> if the horses <b class="b2">were tripped up</b>, Sch. Il.<span class="title">Oxy.</span>221 xii 33; ὑπεσύρησαν εἰς τὸ βαθὺ τῆς λίμνης <span class="bibl">Ach.Tat.4.14</span>: metaph., ὑποσῠρῆναι εἰς τὸν ἔσχατον μεριστόν [[to be brought down]], <span class="bibl">Dam. <span class="title">Pr.</span>106</span>; ὅταν . . οἱ κάμνοντες εἰς τὴν τοιαύτην ὑποσύρωνται τοῦ σώματος διάθεσιν Gal.15.607:—Med., <b class="b2">draw off downwards, undermine</b>, χώματα <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">Mith.</span>76</span> (so the Act., v. l. in <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>2.19.5</span>); ὑποσύρεσθαι νηδύν [[purge]], <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>367</span> (so in Pass., ὑποσυρέσθω ἡ κοιλία Archig. ap. <span class="bibl">Aët.6.7</span>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b2">trip up</b>, Plu.2.446b (Pass.); <b class="b2">draw away gradually, seduce</b>, in Pass., <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>8.241</span>, Gal.1.317, 17(1).619; [[entrance]], [[beguile]], τὴν ἀκοήν <span class="bibl">Procop.Gaz.<span class="title">Ep.</span>128</span> (Act.), <span class="bibl">33</span> (Pass.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[reduce]], [[diminish]], [[abridge]], τὴν γραφήν <span class="bibl">D.H.1.7</span> (v.l. for [[ἐπι-]]).</span>