ὑφαιρέω

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fut. -ήσω (ὑφελῶ in Aq.Ex.5.19): aor. ὑφεῖλον (aor. 1 Med.

   A ὑφειλάμην LXXJb.21.18): Ion. ὑπαιρέω, etc., Hdt.3.65, al.:—seize underneath or inwardly, τοὺς δ' ἄρ' ὑπὸ τρόμος εἷλεν Il.5.862, cf. Od.24.450.    II draw or take away from under, ὑπὸ δ' ᾕρεον ἕρματα νηῶν Il.2.154; ἄνθεμον ποντίας ἐέρσας Pi.N.7.79; [τὸ παιδίον τῆς μητρός] Pl.Tht.161a; τὴν χεῖρα ὑφῄρει tried to draw it away, Ar.Pl.689.    2 take away underhand, filch away, [τῶν Ἀθηναίων] τοὺς ξυμμάχους Th.3.13; ὑ. τὴν πρόσοδον, τὴν εὐπορίαν, diminish it gradually, ib.31,82; purloin, steal, βοῦν PSI4.366.2 (iii B. C.); ταῦτα (sc. ζεῦγος χεροψελίων κτλ.) ib.10.1128.30 (iii A.D.); of a doctor, ὑ. τὸ οἰνάριον καὶ τὸ λουτρόν remove from the regime, Sor.2.15; ὑ. τῆς ὑποψίας gradually to take away part of... Th.1.42; so ὑ. τοῦ πλήθεος Hp.VM5; τοῦ τόνου Luc.Philops.8; τῆς ὀργῆς Phalar.Ep.72 codd. (ὑφῆκα Valckenaer):—Pass., ὑφῃρέθη σου, κάλαμος ὡσπερεὶ λύρας S.Fr.36; ὑπαραιρημένος put secretly away, made away with, Hdt.3.65:—also Med., filch, purloin, Ar.Eq.745, Nu.179, Pl.1140, D.45.58, PCair.Zen.350.4 (iii B. C.), etc.; ὑ. τοὺς καιροὺς τῆς πόλεως Aeschin.3.66; τὴν δημοκρατίαν ἄρδην ὑ. ib.145; ὑ. τί τινος filch it from him, Hdt.5.83, Lys.14.37, etc.; χρήματα ἐξ Ἐλαιοῦντος Hdt.9.116; ὑ. μοῦ τὴν ἀπολογίαν Hyp.Lyc.11; ὑ. τι ἐξ ἱερῶν ἢ ὁσίων Pl.Lg.857b: abs., Ar.V.556.    3 Med. also c. acc. pers., ὑ. τινά τινος rob him of... Aeschin.3.222; σιγῇ τοῦθ' ὑφαιρούμεσθά νιν keep it from him... E.El.271.    4 subtract, deduct, ὑφαιρεθέντος τοῦ ἐπιδεκάτου IG42(1).103.325, al. (Epid., iv B. C.); ὑφαιρουμένης τῆς προικὸς τῆς προδεδομένης POxy.1102.10 (ii A. D.).