ὑπόσπονδος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, (σπονδή) [[under a truce]] or [[treaty]], [[secured by treaty]], ὑπόσπονδοί τε ἔφασαν εἶναι ἕτοιμοι . . ἐκχωρὴσαι ἐκ τῆς νήσου <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.144</span>; ὑ. ἐξέρχονται ἐκ τῆς χώρης <span class="bibl">Id.5.72</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">126</span>; κατελθεῖν ἐπὶ τὰ ἑωυτοῦ ὑ. <span class="bibl">Id.6.103</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>81</span>; ὑ. ἀφιέναι τοὺς ἀφεστῶτας <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.2.18</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.2.1</span>; τὴν Ταυρικὴν ὑ. λαβών <span class="title">IPE</span>2.423 (Tanais): especially in phrases of taking up the dead from a field of battle, <b class="b3">τοὺς νεκροὺς ὑ. ἀποδοῦναι</b> to allow a truce for taking up the dead, <span class="bibl">Th.1.63</span>, <span class="bibl">6.103</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.4.19</span>; <b class="b3">τοὺς νεκροὺς ὑ. κομίσασθαι, ἀνελέσθαι</b>, etc., to demand a truce for so doing, which was an acknowledgement of defeat, <span class="bibl">Th. 2.79</span>, <span class="bibl">4.44</span>, etc.