ὑποζώννυμι
Εὐκαταφρόνητός ἐστι σιγηρὸς τρόπος → A way of life disposed to silence is contemptible → Taciturna facile ingenia contemni solent → Gemein ist ein Charakter, über den man schweigt
English (LSJ)
(inf. ὑποζωνύναι in IG12.73.9) and ὑποζωννύω Plb.27.3.3,
A undergird, τοὺς ἵππους ῥυτῆρσι Plu.Eum.11; ὑ. τινὰ τοῖς ποσσίν AP12.222 (Strat.); ὁ ὑπεζωκὼς τὰς πλευράς (sc. ὑμήν), or abs. ὁ ὑπεζωκώς, the pleura, Alex.Aphr.Pr.1.53, Gal.2.591 (ὑμήν is expressed in Diocl.Fr. 64, Antyll. ap. Orib.44.23.45, Orac.Chald. ap. Dam.Pr.265); ὑπεζωκότες foetal membranes, Sor.1.58; lining of the intestines, Orib.Fr. 58:—Pass., esp. in pf. part., ζειρὰς ὑπεζωμένοι (v.l. -ζωσμ-) girt with ζειραί (q. v.), Hdt.7.69; ὑπεζωσμένοι ἱμάντας Plu.Rom.26: abs., ὑπεζωμέναι (οι) girt up, Hdt.2.85 (with vv. ll.):—esp., II brace a ship, so as to make her seaworthy (cf. ὑπόζωμα 11), IG l. c., Plb. l. c., Act.Ap.27.17; ὑπέζωται IG22.1621.68. III ὑπεζῶσθαι· τὸ εἰς ἄνδρας ἐλθεῖν, Φιλητᾶς, Hsch. (prob. = come to man's estate).
