ὕπαιθα
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
English (LSJ)
Adv., (ὑπό, ὑπαί)
A out under, under and away, ὕ. λιάσθη yielded before him, under his attack, Il.15.520; ποταμὸς . . ὕ. ῥέων 21.271; ἡ δὲ [πέλεια] ὕ. φοβεῖται 22.141; κατακέκλιται ἤπειρόνδε κοίλη ὕ. νάπη A.R.2.735. II Prep. with gen. under, αἱ μὲν ὕπαιθα ἄνακτος ἐποίπνυον (sc. αἱ ἀμφίπολοι) under him, so as to support him, Il.18.421; of one shrinking under an attack, ὕπαιθα δὲ τοῖο λιασθεὶς φεῦγ' 21.255. (Expld. as εἰς τὸ ἰθὺ καὶ ἀντικρὺ καὶ ἔμπροσθεν in Eust. 1030.20, cf. 1234.11, 1262.61; as ἐκ πλαγίου in Sch.A.R. l.c., denied or doubted by Eust. ll. cc.)
