ὑπανίημι
From LSJ
ἆρά γε λόγον ἔχει δυοῖν ἀρχαῖν, ὑλικῆς τε καὶ δραστικῆς → does it in fact have the function of two principles, the material and the active?
English (LSJ)
A remit or relax a little, τὸ λίαν ἀπάνθρωπον Plu.Dio7; ὑ. τῶν δεσμῶν relax the strictness of... J.AJ2.5.1:—Pass., δύναμις ὑπανειμένη μᾶλλον Dsc.1.68. II intr., τοῦ φόβου μικρὸν ὑπανέντος Plu.Aem.23:—so in Pass., Ph.2.87, al.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1182] (s. ἵημι), ein wenig nachlassen, Sp.; φόβου μικρὸν ὑπανέντος Plut. Aemil. Paul. 23.