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|Definition=Ion. ὑπίστημι <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.16</span>, al.: fut. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ὑποστήσω <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>983</span>: aor. <b class="b3">ὑπέστησα</b>, Dor. ὑπέστᾱσα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>8.26</span>:—Causal, <b class="b2">place</b> or <b class="b2">set under</b>, <b class="b3">ὑποστήσαντες [τῷ χαλκηΐῳ] τρεῖς κολοσσούς</b> <b class="b2">having set</b> them <b class="b2">under</b> it, <b class="b2">to support</b> it, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.152</span>; ὑ. προθύρῳ κίονας <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>6.1</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">χώραν ὑπέστᾱσε ξένοις κίονα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">8.26</span>: without dat., <b class="b3">τρεῖς σταυροὺς ὑπίστησι</b> <b class="b2">plants</b> three piles in the lake <b class="b2">to support</b> a house, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.16</span>; ὑ. κλῶνας <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>10.7</span>; ἐρείσματα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>625a12</span>, etc.: metaph., <b class="b3">γνώμας ὑποστήσας σοφάς</b> <b class="b2">having laid</b> them <b class="b2">as a foundation, having begun with</b> them, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1091</span>; ὑ. δόλον E. l.c.; v. infr. <span class="bibl">B.1.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">post secretly</b> or <b class="b2">in ambush</b>, τοὺς δορυφόρους <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.92</span>.ή; ταξάρχους <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.1.26</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">bring to a halt, hold up</b>, <b class="b3">ὑποστήσαντες</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τοὺς στρατιώτας</b>) ἐν τῷ στενῷ οἱ στρατηγοί <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>4.1.14</span> (v.l. [[ὑποστάντες]], v. infr. B. 111); <b class="b3">ὑπέστησε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ναῦν ἀντίπρῳρον τοῖς πολεμίοις</b> <b class="b2">stationed</b> it, <span class="bibl">Plb. 1.50.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">give substance to, cause to subsist, 'hypostatize'</b>, <span class="bibl">Plot.6.7.40</span>, al.; <b class="b2">treat as subsisting</b>, ὁ νοῦς κατὰ τὸ νοεῖν ὑφιστὰς τὸ ὄν <span class="bibl">Id.5.1.4</span>; ὑφίστησι μὲν τὸ ὅλον, ὑφίσταται δὲ τὰ μέρη <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>271</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Procl. <span class="title">Inst.</span>28</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Med. also in causal sense, mostly fut. and aor. 1, <b class="b2">lay down, premise</b>, εἰ μή τι πιστὸν τῷδ' ὑποστήσει στόλῳ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span> 461</span>; ἀρχὰς ψευδεῖς ὑποστήσασθαι <span class="bibl">Plb.3.48.9</span>; ἐπειδὰν ὑποθέσεις εὐπεριλήπτους . . ὑποστήσωνται <span class="bibl">Id.7.7.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">substitute</b> one thing for another, τὸν τρόπον τῇ τοῦ Πέρσου ἀλαζονείᾳ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ages.</span>9.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">conceive, suppose</b>, c. acc. et inf., τῷ -στησαμένῳ τοὺς θεοὺς . . εἶναι Phld.<span class="title">D.</span>1.17; τοὺς θεοὺς ὑφίστανται τὸν κόσμον διοικεῖν <span class="bibl">D.S. 1.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Heraclit.<span class="title">Incred.</span>13</span>; but the inf. is mostly omitted, ἄφθαρτον ὑποστησάμενοι τὸν κόσμον <span class="bibl">D.S.1.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">12</span>, <span class="bibl">D.L.2.86</span>:—Pass., τοὺς θεούς, ἂν φρονοῦντες -σταθῶσιν Phld.<span class="title">D.</span>1.7. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">set before onself</b> as a model, τινα <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.113</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">B</span> Pass., with aor. 2 and pf. Act. (Hom. uses only aor. 2):— <b class="b2">stand under as a support</b>, ὑπεστᾶσι κολοσσοὶ . . τῇ αὐλῇ <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.153</span>; τοὺς σταυροὺς τοὺς ὑπεστεῶτας τοῖσι ἰκρίοισι <span class="bibl">Id.5.16</span>; τὸ ὑφεστὸς τῷ βάρει <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">IA</span>708b31</span>; v. supr. A. 1.1. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">sink, settle</b>, <b class="b3">τὸ ὑπιστάμενον</b> the milk, opp. <b class="b3">τὸ ἐπιστάμενον</b> (the cream), <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.2</span>; opp. <b class="b3">τὸ ἐπιπολάζον</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Cael.</span>311a17</span>; of a <b class="b2">sediment, deposit</b>, ἐν οὔρῳ ψαμμώδεα ὑφίσταται <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>4.79</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>357b3</span>; opp. <b class="b3">ἐπιπλεῖν</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">HP</span>3.15.4</span>; of the sun, <b class="b2">set</b>, <span class="bibl">Emp.48</span>(cj.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">place oneself under an engagement, promise</b> to do, folld. by fut. inf., ὅσσ' Ἀχιλῆϊ . . ὑπέστημεν δώσειν <span class="bibl">Il.19.195</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.94</span>; θύσειν ὑπέστης παῖδα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>360</span> (troch.), cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>716</span>(anap.), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>751d</span>; by aor.inf., ὑφεστακώς μοι ἦν ὁ Διόδωρος φιλάνθρωπον δοῦναι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1141.45</span> (i B. C.); by pres. inf., ὑπέστησαν ποιέειν ταῦτα <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.128</span>; ὑ. τὴν τάξιν ἔχειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.3.35</span>: the inf. is sts. omitted, <b class="b3">ὡς . . ὑπέστην καὶ κατένευσα</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ἔσεσθαι</b>) <span class="bibl">Il.4.267</span>: abs., ἢ ἔπος ἠέ τι ἔργον ὑποστὰς ἐξετέλεσσε <b class="b2">after promise given</b>, <span class="bibl">Od. 3.99</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.21.457</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.127</span>, <span class="bibl">9.34</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.19.19</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.1.26</span>; <b class="b3">ὤσπερ ὑπέστη</b> as <b class="b2">he promised</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.39</span>, <span class="bibl">8.29</span>: c. dat. pers., <b class="b3">ὤς οἱ ὑπέστην</b> as <b class="b2">I promised</b> him, <span class="bibl">Il.15.75</span>: sts. with acc. of object (but an inf. may be supplied), πάντα τελευτήσεις ὅσ' ὑπέστης . . Πριάμῳ <span class="bibl">13.375</span>; τρίποδας φέρον, οὕς οἱ ὑπέστη <span class="bibl">19.243</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">11.244</span>; ἐκτελέουσιν ὑπόσχεσιν ἥνπερ ὑπέσταν <span class="bibl">2.286</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.10.483</span>; <b class="b3">ἦ ῥ' ἅλιον τὸν μῦθον ὑπέστημεν... ἀπονέεσθαι</b> vain was the promise <b class="b2">we made</b>... that he would return, <span class="bibl">Il.5.715</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">submit</b>, c. dat., τινι <span class="bibl">9.160</span>: with aor. inf., <b class="b3">ὑ. θανεῖν, κατθανεῖν</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>706</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ion</span>1415</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> c. acc. rei, <b class="b2">submit to, consent to</b>, <b class="b3">ὁ τὸ ἐλάχιστον ὑπιστάμενος</b> <b class="b2">who offers to take</b> the least, <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.196</span>; <b class="b3">ὑ. τὸν πλοῦν</b> <b class="b2">undertake</b> it <b class="b2">unwillingly</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.28</span>; ὑ. τὸν κίνδυνον <span class="bibl">Id.2.61</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.9.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.4.59</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.3.28</span>; ἀγῶνας <span class="bibl">Th.3.57</span>, <span class="title">OGI</span>763.9 (Milet., ii B. C.); πόνον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>189</span>; βέλος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HF</span>1350</span>; ἔρωτα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>415</span>; ἀπεχθείας <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Them.</span>3</span>; πόλεμον <span class="bibl">Plb. 1.6.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.45</span>; <b class="b3">πράγματα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">61</span>; τὴν πρᾶξιν <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pel.</span>8</span>; τὸν ἆθλον <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Rh.Pr.</span>24</span>: also c. inf., <b class="b2">consent, bring oneself to</b>, οὔ τίς με . . ὑπέστη σαῶσαι <span class="bibl">Il.21.273</span>; πᾶν ἂν ὑποστὰς εἰπεῖν <span class="bibl">D.21.114</span>; <b class="b3">ὑ. ἐξαπατᾶν τινα</b> Id. <span class="bibl">19.69</span>: abs., <b class="b2">submit patiently</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Prooem.</span>5.1</span>; <b class="b3">ὑφίστασθαι συμβαίνει τὸν κερατοειδῆ</b> the cornea <b class="b2">yields</b> (to pressure), <span class="bibl">Aët.7.36</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">undertake</b> an office, τὴν ἀρχήν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.1.19</span>,<span class="bibl">31</span>; γυμνασιαρχίαν <span class="title">IG</span>5(1).535.12 (Sparta), cf. <span class="title">OGI</span>494.6 (Milet., ii A. D.); <b class="b3">ὑφέστη</b> (sic) τὴν στρατηγίαν <span class="title">SIG</span>876.6 (Smyrna, ii/iii A. D.), cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cam.</span>37</span>: also ἐθελοντὴν ὑποστῆναι τριήραρχον <span class="bibl">Lys.29.7</span>; χορηγὸς ὑπέστην <span class="bibl">D.21.69</span>; <b class="b3">ἐμὲ τοῦ λόγου διάδοχον . . ὑποστάντα</b> Pl<span class="title">Phlb.</span>19a; poet., ὑπέστης αἵματος δέκτωρ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>204</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">ψυχὴν Τέλητος ὑπέστης</b>, i. e. you promised to be as brave as T., <span class="bibl">Hermipp.46</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b2">make an offer</b> in a public auction, <b class="b3">ἔδοξεν . . μοι μηθὲν ὑποστῆναι</b> I decided to <b class="b2">make</b> no <b class="b2">bid, commit myself to</b> nothing, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>371.9</span> (iii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMich.Zen.</span> 60.10</span> (iii B. C.); <b class="b3">δώδεκα ἀρταβῶν ὑπέστη</b> he <b class="b2">undertook</b> (to supply the produce) of <span class="bibl">12</span> artabae, ib. <span class="bibl">36.5</span> (iii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>199.4</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PEleph.</span>21.16</span> (iii B.C.); <b class="b3">ὑφίστατο . . τάξεσθαι ἑκάστου πήχεως</b> [<b class="b2">x] PTheb. Bank</b> <span class="bibl">1.2</span> (ii B. C.); <b class="b3">οὐ δυνόμενος</b>( = [[-άμενος]]) οὐκέτι ὑποστῆναι τὴν γεωργίαν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>7468.11</span> (iii A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">d</span> <b class="b3">ὑπέστη πολλὰς ἀπορίας</b> <b class="b2">laid himself open to</b> many doubts, <span class="bibl">Plot.3.6.12</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">lie concealed</b> or <b class="b2">in ambush</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.91</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>1114</span>, v.l. in <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.1.14</span>; v. supr. A. 1.2, ὑφίημι 1.3, <b class="b3">ὑφεῖσα</b>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">resist, withstand</b>, c. dat., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>87</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.2.11</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HG</span>7.5.12</span>: ξυμφοραῖς ταῖς μεγίσταις ὑ. <span class="bibl">Th.2.61</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>1349</span>: c. acc., <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>200</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.</span>375</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Th.1.144</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.9.35.1</span>: abs., <b class="b2">stand one's ground, face the enemy</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1470</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.54</span>, <span class="bibl">8.68</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.4.80.5</span>; opp. <b class="b3">φεύγω</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.2.31</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Demetr.</span>25</span>; <b class="b3">ὑποστᾰθείς</b>, opp. <b class="b3">φεύγων</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>315</span>; of clouds, opp. <b class="b3">προωθεῖσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>940b36</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">subsist, exist</b> (cf. ὑπόστασις B. III), κατ' ἰδίαν ὑφεστώς <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span>188</span>; ὑφέστηκε τό τε ὁρᾶν ἡμᾶς καὶ ἀκούειν ὥσπερ τὸ ἀλγεῖν <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Fr.</span>36</span>; τὸ ὑφεστηκὸς τέλος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sent.</span>22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Diog.Oen.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>3.7.6</span>; ἐκ τοῦ μηκέτ' ὄντος μηδ' ὑφεστῶτος Plu.2.829c, cf. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Par.</span>27</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ παρῳχημένον τοῦ χρόνου καὶ τὸ μέλλον οὐχ ὑπάρχειν ἀλλ' ὑφεστηκέναι φησί</b> (sc. <b class="b3">Χρύσιππος</b>) <span class="title">Stoic.</span>2.165; the Stoic distinction betw. <b class="b3">τὸ ὄν</b> and <b class="b3">τὸ ὑφεστός</b> is pettifogging acc. to Gal.10.155 (= <span class="title">Stoic.</span>2.115); τὰ ὑφεστῶτα <b class="b2">business in hand</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.6.14.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">ὑφεστηκότος παρὰ τῷ ταμίᾳ κατ' ἰδίαν λόγου</b> the treasurer <b class="b2">having</b> a special bank-account, <span class="title">IG</span>12(9).236.64 (Eretria, ii B.C.); τὸ ἥμισσυ ἀναπεμπόντω ἐπὶ τὰν δαμοσίαν τράπεζαν ἐς τὸν ὑφεστᾱκότα τᾶς θεοῦ λόγον <span class="title">Arch.f.Religionswiss.</span> 10.211 (Cos, ii B.C.); <b class="b3">ὑποστησαμένους λόγον πόλεως τῶν . . χρημάτων ἐγγράφεσθαι τὸ διδόμενον</b> they shall <b class="b2">open</b> a municipal account (entitled) 'the . . fund' and place this gift to its credit, <span class="title">SIG</span>577.13 (Milet., iii/ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b3">ἡ κοιλία ὑφίσταται</b> the bowels <b class="b2">are costive</b>, lit., <b class="b2">are obstructed</b> or <b class="b2">stopped</b>, Plu.2.134e. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VI</span> <b class="b2">arise within</b>, τῷ πλήθει τοιοῦτον ὑπέστη δέος <span class="bibl">Plb.11.30.2</span> codd. (<b class="b3">παρέστη</b> is prob. cj.).</span>