ὑποπτήσσω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ὑποπτήσσω
ὑποπτήξω
Structure:
ὑπο
(Prefix)
+
πτήσς
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to crouch or cower beneath
- to crouch before, bow down to, to be modest or shy
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- τούτων δὲ ἡ ἄγνοια μὲν κάτω συναναμέμικται αὐτοῖσ καὶ συμπολιτεύεται, καὶ νὴ Δία καὶ τὸ μῖσοσ καὶ ὀργὴ καὶ ζηλοτυπία καὶ ἀμαθία καὶ ἀπορία καὶ φιλαργυρία, ὁ φόβοσ δὲ καὶ αἱ ἐλπίδεσ ὑπεράνω πετόμενοι ὁ μὲν ἐμπίπτων ἐκπλήττει ἐνίοτε καὶ ὑποπτήσσειν ποιεῖ, αἱ δ’ ἐλπίδεσ ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆσ αἰωρούμεναι, ὁπόταν μάλιστα οἰήταί τισ ἐπιλήψεσθαι αὐτῶν, ἀναπτάμεναι οἴχονται κεχηνότασ αὐτοὺσ ἀπολιποῦσαι, ὅπερ καὶ τὸν Τάνταλον κάτω πάσχοντα ὁρᾷσ ὑπὸ τοῦ ὕδατοσ. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 15:6)
- ταῦτ’ ἔστιν, ὦ Ἀνάχαρσι, ἃ τοὺσ νέουσ ἡμεῖσ ἀσκοῦμεν οἰόμενοι φύλακασ ἡμῖν τῆσ πόλεωσ ἀγαθοὺσ γενέσθαι καὶ ἐν ἐλευθερίᾳ βιώσεσθαι δι’ αὐτούσ, κρατοῦντεσ μὲν τῶν δυσμενῶν εἰ ἐπίοιεν, φοβεροὶ δὲ τοῖσ περιοίκοισ ὄντεσ, ὡσ ὑποπτήσσειν τε καὶ ὑποτελεῖν ἡμῖν τοὺσ πλείστουσ αὐτῶν. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 30:1)
- οὐδέπω γοῦν οἶσθα ὡσ ὅλην τὴν ἅμαξαν ἐπεσπάσω, δέον, ὦ παιπάλημα καὶ κίναδοσ,^ ὑποπτήσσειν εἴ τισ ἀνὴρ δασὺσ καὶ τοῦτο δὴ τὸ ἀρχαῖον, μελάμπυγοσ δριμὺ μόνον εἰσ σὲ ἀποβλέψειεν. (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 29:4)
- ἐσθὴσ ἐπὶ τούτοισ ἁλουργὶσ καὶ ὁ βίοσ οἱο͂σ ἁβρότατοσ, ὕπνοσ ἐφ̓ ὅσον ἥδιστοσ, φίλων πρόσοδοι καὶ δεήσεισ καὶ τὸ ἅπαντασ ὑποπτήσσειν καὶ προσκυνεῖν, καὶ οἱ μὲν ἑώθεν πρὸσ ταῖσ θύραισ ἄνω καὶ κάτω περιπατήσουσιν, ἐν αὐτοῖσ δὲ καὶ Κλεαίνετοσ καὶ Δημόκριτοσ οἱ πάνυ, καὶ προσελθοῦσί γε αὐτοῖσ καὶ πρὸ τῶν ἄλλων εἰσδεχθῆναι ἀξιοῦσι θυρωροὶ ἑπτὰ ἐφεστῶτεσ, εὐμεγέθεισ βάρβαροι, προσαραξάτωσαν ἐσ τὸ μέτωπον εὐθὺ τὴν θύραν, οἱᾶ νῦν αὐτοὶ ποιοῦσιν. (Lucian, 38:1)
- μή τί σοι δοκῶ ταρβεῖν ὑποπτήσσειν τε τε τοὺσ νέουσ θεούσ; (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode 1:10)
Synonyms
-
to crouch or cower beneath
- καταπτήσσω (to cower beneath)
- ὑφιζάνω (to crouch beneath)
- καταπτήσσω (to crouch down, to lie crouching or cowering)
- ποτιπτήσσω (to crouch or cower towards, verging towards)
- προσπτήσσω (to crouch or cower towards, verging towards)
- πτήσσω (to crouch or cower down for fear, to flee cowering to)
- πτώσσω (to crouch or cower from fear, flee cowering, fly cowering)
Derived
- ἐκπτήσσω (to scare out of)
- καταπτήσσω (to crouch down, to lie crouching or cowering, to cower beneath)
- προσπτήσσω (to crouch or cower towards, verging towards)
- πτήσσω (to frighten, scare, alarm)