ὑπορρίπτω
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
A throw down or under, ὑ. τινὰ τοῖς θηρίοις throw him to the wild beasts, Plu.Eum.17; πικροῖς δεσπόταις ὑ. ἑαυτούς Ph.1.376; so ὑπορριπτέω, App.Mith.38; πᾶν γένος δελέατος ὑπερρίπτει prob. cj. in Plb.29.8.3. 2 insert under, ὑπορρίπτειν τὸ σπαθίον ὑπὸ τοὺς χιτῶνας Hippiatr.20.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὑπορρίπτω: ῥίπτω ὑποκάτω, ὑπ. τινὰ τοῖς θηρίοις, ῥίπτω τινὰ εἰς τὰ ἄγρια θηρία, Πλουτ. Εὐμέν. 17· πικροῖς δεσπόταις ὑπ. ἑαυτοὺς Φίλων 1. 376 οὕτως, ὑπορριπτέω, Ἀππ. Μιθρ. 38, Γρηγ. Ναζ. σ. 119, 16.
