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|Definition=[ᾰ], aor. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ὑπέφθην <span class="bibl">A.R.4.307</span>; part. ὑποφθάς <span class="bibl">Il.7.144</span>; also in Med. aor. part. (v. infr.): later aor. 1 [[ὑπέφθᾰσα]] (v. infr.):—[[haste before]], [[be]] or [[get beforehand]], <b class="b3">ὑποφθὰς δουρὶ μέσον περόνησεν</b> [[getting beforehand]] he pierced him through the middle, Il.l.c.; ἔγραψεν ὑποφθάσας <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>21</span>:—also in part. Med., κτεῖνεν ὑποφθάμενος <span class="bibl">Od.4.547</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> c. acc., to [[be beforehand with]] one, A.R. l.c., <span class="bibl">Plu. <span class="title">Aem.</span>26</span>, etc.:—Med., τὸν ὑποφθαμένη φάτο μῦθον <span class="bibl">Od.15.171</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span> 9.227 (Bianor).</span>