ὑποτρέχω
καὶ ὑποθέμενος κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς φέρειν τὰς πληγάς, ὡς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τοῦ τε κακοῦ τοῦ πρὸς ἀνθρώπους → and having instructed them to bring their blows against the head, seeing that the harm to humans ... (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 1.50)
English (LSJ)
aor. -έδρᾰμον (v. infr.): poet. pf.
A -δέδρομα h.Ap.284; -δεδρόμηκα (v. infr. IV):—run in under, ὑπέδραμε καὶ λάβε γούνων ran in under the spear or sword and clasped his knees, Il.21.68, Od. 10.323 (though it may be only, ran up to him); ὑ. πρὸς στέρνα πατρός E.IA631, cf. [636]; ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας τοῦ ἵππου ὑπέδραμε Hdt. 7.88; ὑ. ὑπὸ τὴν τοῦ ἀκοντίου φοράν in under, within the dart's range, Antipho 3.2.4: later c. acc., νησίον ὑ. run under the lee of . ., Act.Ap. 27.16; ὑ. πρῶνας Them.Or.13.168b; τὸν τρίβωνα Philostr.Ep.7: c. dat., [ταῖς πλατάνοις] Plu.2.185e; ναυλόχοις ib.243e. II run under, stretch away under, ὑποδέδρομε βῆσσα h.Ap.284. III run in between, intercept, λῃστάς X.Cyr.1.2.12; τὰ κορίανν' ἐπριάμην ὑποδραμών Ar.Eq.676; ἐν ταῖς συνόδοις ἡ σελήνη τὸν [τοῦ ἡλίου] κύκλον ὑποτρέχουσα Jul.Or.2.80d (cf. ὑποθέω 1.2); ὅταν [ἡ σελήνη] ὑπὸ τὴν φλόγα [τοῦ ἡλίου] ὑποδράμῃ D.C.60.26; pass between a star and the earth, Ptol.Alm.8.4. 2 = ὑποσκελίζω, trip up, overreach, τῶν στρατηγῶν ὑποδραμὼν τοὺς (Bentl. for τῶν) ἐκ Πύλου Ar.Eq.742 (dub. l.). 3 interrupt, Diusap.Stob.4.21.17. 4 usurp, τὴν Ἡρακλέους προσηγορίαν S.E.M.9.36; τὴν τῶν θεῶν τιμήν ib.38:—Pass., τὰς ὑποδεδραμημένας ἐπιστατείας the posts into which they have crept, PTeb.24.67 (ii B. C.). IV overrun, steal over, ἔρευθος ὑ. steals over the skin, Hp.Fract.27; καί τις οἷον ἀπελπισμὸς ὑπέδραμεν τοὺς ἀνθρώπους a kind of despair came over people, Plb.30.32.11; καί τις ἔλεος αὐτὸν ὑποτρέχει Id.9.10.7: also c. dat., αὔτικα χρῷ τῦρ ὐπαδεδρόμακεν Sapph.2.10; in slightly different sense, ὑπέδραμέ τις ἔννοια . . τοῖς ἀνθρώπις occurred to people, Plb.16.6.10; οὐχ ὑπέδραμε δέ it did not occur to him, Str.12.3.27, cf. Arr.Epict.4.2.2: c. acc. et inf., Plb.14.12.5. V insinuate oneself into any one's good graces, flatter, fawn upon, ὑ. τινὰ θωπείᾳ E.Or.670, cf. Aeschin.3.162; ὃς δ' ἂν . . χαρίζηται ὑποτρέχων Pl.R.426c; θωπείαις ὑποδραμών Id.Lg.923b; ὑ. καὶ κολακεύειν Phld.Ir.p.66 W. VI Medic., ἢν οἷον λίθοι ὑποτρέχωσιν if what seem to be stones get into the eye, Hp.Loc.Hom.13; but ὡς τὸ δάκρυον συμπεπηγὸς ὑποτρέχειν ποιέῃς so as to make the coagulated tears run off, ibid.
