ὑπτιάζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(ὕπτιος) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[lay oneself back]], [[fall back]], <span class="bibl">Hdn.1.4.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Procop. <span class="title">Goth.</span>4.31</span>, <span class="bibl">Eust.249.5</span>; <b class="b3">ὑπτιάζων βόλος</b> an [[unlucky]] cast, opp. [[πρανής]], <span class="bibl">Poll.7.204</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., of haughty persons, [[carry oneself with languid arrogance]], <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.132</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> to [[be supine]], [[careless]], or [[negligent]], <span class="bibl">Hdn.2.12.2</span>, etc.; πρὸς τὴν ἐπιμέλειαν <span class="bibl">Id.2.8.9</span>; of literary style, <b class="b3">ὑπτιάζων λόγος</b> [[languid]] style, τὸν ὑ. λόγον ὀρθοῖ καὶ γοργὸν ποιεῖ <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Id.</span>2.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">B</span> trans., [[bend back]], <b class="b3">ὑ. τὰς χεῖρας</b> (cf. [[ὕπτιος]] ''ΙΙ'') <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Jb.</span>11.13</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">κάρα γὰρ ὑπτιάζεται</b> his head [[lies supine]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>822</span>; ὑπτιαζόμενοι [[lying on their backs]], <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>3.7.29</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἄνοδος ἠρέμα προσάντης ὑπτίαστο</b> the approach [[sloped gently upwards]] (cf. [[ὕπτιος]] IV), ib.<span class="bibl">5.5.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> Pass., [[diverge]], of light rays, <span class="bibl">Phlp. <span class="title">in Mete.</span>21.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[upset]], ὑπτιάζειν καὶ ἀνατρέπειν τὴν γαστέρα Gal.6.593; [[relax]], [<b class="b3">τὸ στόμα τῆς γαστρός</b>], opp. [[ῥωννύειν]], Id.15.461. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[make subservient]], Lyd.<span class="title">Mag.</span>2.26.</span>