ὑποστόρνυμι
Μὴ σπεῦδ', ἃ μὴ δεῖ, μηδ', ἃ δεῖ, σπεύδειν μένε → Ne agas celeria tarde, aut tarda celeriter → Unnötiges tu nicht, was nötig ist, tu gleich
English (LSJ)
Philostr.VA3.27, also in Pass., X.Cyr.8.8.16 (with v.l.), Gal.UP2.7 (with vv.ll.), Med. in Ael.NA9.26; also ὑποστρώννυμι or ὑποστρωννύω, Plu.Art.22, Phan.Hist.11, Gal.6.447: A fut. ὑποστορῶ Eub.90.1; also ὑποστρώσω Amphis 46: aor. ὑπεστόρεσα Od.20.139; also ὑπέστρωσα E.Hel.59, etc. (v. infr.): plpf. ὑπεστρώκει Babr.34.2 (ap.Suid.): pf. Pass. ὑπέστρωμαι Orac. ap. Hdt.1.47; 3sg. ὑπεστόρεσται and inf. ὑπεστορῆσθαι Anon. ap. Suid.; part. ὑπεστορεσμένος Gal.16.749, Gp.10.44.1:—spread, lay, or strew under, especially of bed-clothes, ἡ μὲν δέμνι' ἄνωγεν ὑποστορέσαι δμῳῇσιν Od. l. c.; ὑποστρώσεις τρίκλινον Amphis 46; προσκεφάλαια ὑποστρῶσαι Thphr. Char.2.11 (so in Med., ὑποστόρεσαι.. τῆς ὀριγάνου strew me some of it under, Ar. Ec.1030, cf. Nic.Th.63); λέκτρα ὑποστρῶσαί τινι make his bed for a man, i.e. serve him as a wife, E. l. c.; ὑπεστρώννυον τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ Ev.Luc.19.36: abs., make a bed, οὔκουν ὑποστορεῖτε μαλακῶς τῷ κυνί; Eub. l. c., cf. Phan.Hist.l.c.:—Pass., εὗδ', ὑπὸ δ' ἔστρωτο ῥινὸν βοός Il.10.155; δάφνην ὑπέστρωται Call.Iamb.1.223; τὰς εὐνὰς.. ὑποστόρνυσθαι X. l.c.; ὑ. στρώμαθ' ἁλουργῆ Anaxandr.41.6 (anap.); ᾗ χαλκὸς ὑπέστρωται which has copper laid under it, Orac. ap.Hdt.1.47.
2 metaph., κέρδεσιν χεῖρας ὑ., of the action of the hand in receiving money, APl.4.272 (Leont.); γαλήνην ὑ. ταῖς τριήρεσιν Them.Or.10.133b; ὑδατὶς οὐσία τίς ἐστι.. ὑπεστρωμένη τῷ.. δέρματι Paul.Aeg.6.14.
II bestrew with a thing, ἅλω οἰνάροις Babr. l.c.
III metaph. in pf. Pass., to be subject to... τῶν τοῖς θεοῖς κλήρων ὑπεστρωμένων Dam.Pr.398, cf. Procl.Inst.132: so in Act., subject, πάντα -στρώσαντες ἑαυτοῖς ib.121.
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βλ. υποστρώνω.