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.
- οὐ φέρει ὁ Λυδόσ, ὦ Χάρων, τὴν παρρησίαν καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν τῶν λόγων, ἀλλὰ ξένον αὐτῷ δοκεῖ τὸ πρᾶγμα, πένησ ἄνθρωποσ οὐχ ὑποπτήσσων, τὸ δὲ παριστάμενον ἐλευθέρωσ λέγων. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 13:1)
- "οὐδὲν γὰρ ὅτι μὴ ἐργάτησ ἔσῃ τῷ σώματι πονῶν κἀν τούτῳ τὴν ἅπασαν ἐλπίδα τοῦ βίου τεθειμένοσ, ἀφανὴσ μὲν αὐτὸσ ὤν, ὀλίγα καὶ ἀγεννῆ λαμβάνων, ταπεινὸσ τὴν γνώμην, εὐτελὴσ δὲ τὴν πρόοδον, οὔτε φίλοισ ἐπιδικάσιμοσ οὔτε ἐχθροῖσ φοβερὸσ οὔτε τοῖσ πολίταισ ζηλωτόσ, ἀλλ’ αὐτὸ μόνον ἐργάτησ καὶ τῶν ἐκ τοῦ πολλοῦ δήμου εἷσ, ἀεὶ τὸν προὔχοντα ὑποπτήσσων καὶ τὸν λέγειν δυνάμενον θεραπεύων, λαγὼ βίον ζῶν καὶ τοῦ κρείττονοσ ἑρ́μαιον ὤν· (Lucian, Somnium sive vita Luciani, (no name) 7:16)
- θεὸσ θεῶν γὰρ οὐχ ὑποπτήσσων χόλον βροτοῖσι τιμὰσ ὤπασασ πέρα δίκησ. (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode 3:2)
- καὶ τὸν Κῦρον ἐπερέσθαι προπετῶσ ὡσ ἂν παῖσ μηδέπω ὑποπτήσσων· (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 3 9:3)
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)