ὑποτιμάω
τραχὺς ἐντεῦθεν μελάμπυγός τε τοῖς ἐχθροῖς ἅπασιν → he is a tough black-arse towards his enemies, he is a veritable Heracles towards his enemies
English (LSJ)
A name the price of what one offers for sale, ἰχθύν Alex. 125.4. II Med., 1 make a return or assessment of one's property, Arist.Oec.1347a22, 1353a12. 2 as law-term, = ἀντιτιμάομαι, X.Ap.23, Arr.Epict.3.24.61, D.Chr.56.14; ἀποθνῄσκειν ὑποτιμῶ Arist.Rh.Al.1437a17; cf. τιμάω 111.2b. 3 allege, plead in excuse, ἀμβλυωπίαν Gal.5.192; γῆρας, ἀσθένειαν, Nic. Dam. Fr. 130.17 J.; ἀγνοίας πρόφασιν POxy.1119.11 (iii A. D.); πενίαν Iamb.VP5.23, cf. Apollod.2.5.3. 4 under-estimate, tone down, εἰρωνεύεσθαι καὶ ὑ. D. Chr.32.90.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὑποτῑμάω: ὁρίζω (ἢ ὑποβιβάζω) τὴν τιμὴν πράγματός τινος, τῶν ἰχθυοπωλῶν ὅστι ἂν πωλῶν τινι ἰχθὺν ὑποτιμήσας ἀποδῶτ’ ἐλάττονος ἧς εἶπε τιμῆς, εἰς τὸ δεσμωτήριον εὐθὺς ἀπάγεσθαι Ἄλεξις ἐν «Λέβητι» 3. 4. ΙΙ. μέσ., 1) κάμνω ἐκτίμησιν τῆς περιουσίας μου, ἐκτιμῶ ἢ ἀπογράφω αὐτήν, Ἀριστ. Οἰκ. 2. 6 καὶ 36. 2) ὡς δικανικὸς ὄρος, = ἀντιτιμάομαι, Ξεν. Ἀπολ. 23· ἀποθνήσκειν ὑποτιμῶ Ἀριστ. Ρητ. πρὸς Ἀλέξ. 30, 11· Buttm. εἰς Δημ. κατὰ Μειδ. ἐν τῷ Πίνακι, καὶ πρβλ. τιμάω ΙΙΙ. 2. 3) προσποιοῦμαι, προφασίζομαι, πενίαν Ἰάμβλ. ἐν Βίῳ Πυθαγ. 23, πρβλ. Ἀπολλόδ. 2. 4, 3· ἀπολ. δικαιολογοῦμαι, Ἀρρ. Ἐπίκτ. 3. 24, 61.
