ὑποκατακλίνω
From LSJ
κρείσσων γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ' ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός → thou wert better not alive, than living blind | you were better not alive, than living blind
English (LSJ)
[ῑ],
A lay down under:—Pass., lie down under, Plu.2.50d; of a wrestler allowing himself to be beaten, ib.58f. II Pass. also, lie or sit lower at table, τινι ib.618e; πάντων J.AJ12.4.9 (so, more rarely, in Act., seat under another at table, τινα Luc.Gall.11). 2 metaph., give way, submit, be complaisant, τινι to one, Pl.R.336c; ἀλλήλοις ἐν τῇ ζητήσει ib.e; ὑ. τισὶ τῆς ἀξιώσεως D.H.6.24,71: abs., give in, D. 9.64, Plu.Pomp.75, etc.; θεραπεύων καὶ -όμενος D.Chr.6.57. 3 ὑ. τοῦ εὶς πλέον ἐναντιοῦσθαι desist from further opposition, J.AJ 18.1.1.
