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ὑποβλήδην

Adverb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑποβλήδην

Etym.: u(poba/llw

Sense

  1. throwing in covertly, by way of caution or reproof, by way of interruption
  2. askance

Examples

  • τοῖα δ’ ὑποβλήδην λευκώλενοσ ἔννεπεν Ἥρη· (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 175)
  • τότε δὴ κρατὺσ Ἀργειφόντησ χῶρον ὑποβλήδην ἐσκέψατο, πῦρ ἀμαρύσσων, ἐγκρύψαι μεμαώσ· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 46:5)
  • ἀτὰρ μετὰ τήνγε παρασχεδὸν αὖτισ ἀνῶρτο Ὑψιπύλη, καὶ τοῖον ὑποβλήδην ἔποσ ηὔδα· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 13:4)
  • καὶ δή μιν ὑποβλήδην προσέειπεν· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 7:26)
  • τὴν δ’ ὅγε δῆθεν ὑποβλήδην προσέειπεν· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 19:2)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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