ὑποκεῖσθαι
From LSJ
πρὸς ἀλέξησιν τραπομένους → preparing to defend themselves
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also ὑπόκειμαι): be a mortgaged, be assumed as a basis, be assumed as hypothesis, be assumed, be laid down, be laid, be posited, lie in wait for, lie under