ὑποκάθημαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[ὑπουκάτημαι]], prop. pf. of [[ὑποκαθέζομαι]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> to [[be seated down in]] a place, [[station oneself]] there, ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ πόλι Hdt.7.27.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[sit below]], τινι Philostr.''VA''3.16; to [[be placed under]], <b class="b3">ὄμμα ὑ. τῇ ὀφρύϊ</b> ib.8.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[lie in ambush]], Str.15.1.42: metaph., Philostr.''VA''7.14; <b class="b3">ὑποκαθήμενον ὁρᾶν</b> to have an [[insidious]] look, Id.''Im.''2.18; but also <b class="b3">ἡ -καθημένη ἀοριστία</b> the [[fundamental]] indeterminacy, Carneisc.''Herc.''1027.14.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. pers., [[lie in wait for]], τὸν βάρβαρον Hdt.8.40, cf. Philostr.''VS''2.2, ''Her.''2.11: metaph., φθόνος ὑ. τινά Id.''VS''2.26.3: abs., [[lurk]], Plu.2.556b: c. dat., ὑποκαθημένης αὐτῷ τῆς ὀργῆς Plb.4.29.7.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[sit idle]], D.H.11.37.