ὑπόσπονδος
From LSJ
Ἡ μωρία δίδωσιν ἀνθρώποις κακά → Inepta mens hominibus impertit mala → Die Torheit gibt den Menschen Unglück zum Geschenk
English (LSJ)
ον, (σπονδή)
A 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.HG1.2.18, cf. 2.2.1; τὴν Ταυρικὴν ὑ. λαβών IPE2.423 (Tanais): esp. in phrases of taking up the dead from a field of battle, τοὺς νεκροὺς ὑ. ἀποδοῦναι to allow a truce for taking up the dead, Th.1.63, 6.103, X.HG2.4.19; τοὺς νεκροὺς ὑ. κομίσασθαι, ἀνελέσθαι, etc., to demand a truce for so doing, which was an acknowledgement of defeat, Th. 2.79, 4.44, etc.
