ὑπόσπονδος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὑπόσπονδον, ([[σπονδή]]) [[under a truce]] or [[treaty]], [[secured by treaty]], ὑπόσπονδοί τε ἔφασαν εἶναι ἕτοιμοι.. ἐκχωρὴσαι ἐκ τῆς νήσου Hdt.3.144; ὑ. ἐξέρχονται ἐκ τῆς χώρης Id.5.72, cf. 126; κατελθεῖν ἐπὶ τὰ ἑωυτοῦ ὑ. Id.6.103, cf. E.''Ph.''81; ὑ. ἀφιέναι τοὺς ἀφεστῶτας X.''HG''1.2.18, cf. 2.2.1; τὴν Ταυρικὴν ὑ. λαβών ''IPE''2.423 (Tanais): especially in phrases of taking up the dead from a field of battle, <b class="b3">τοὺς νεκροὺς ὑ. ἀποδοῦναι</b> to allow a truce for taking up the dead, Th.1.63, 6.103, X.''HG''2.4.19; <b class="b3">τοὺς νεκροὺς ὑ. κομίσασθαι, ἀνελέσθαι</b>, etc., to demand a truce for so doing, which was an acknowledgement of defeat, Th. 2.79, 4.44, etc.