Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑποθέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑποθέω ὑποθεύσομαι

Structure: ὑπο (Prefix) + θέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Sense

  1. to run in under, make a secret attack
  2. to run in before, to supplant
  3. to run in too hastily

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὑπόθω ὑπόθεις ὑπόθει
Dual ὑπόθειτον ὑπόθειτον
Plural ὑπόθουμεν ὑπόθειτε ὑπόθουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ὑπόθω ὑπόθῃς ὑπόθῃ
Dual ὑπόθητον ὑπόθητον
Plural ὑπόθωμεν ὑπόθητε ὑπόθωσιν*
OptativeSingular ὑπόθοιμι ὑπόθοις ὑπόθοι
Dual ὑπόθοιτον ὑποθοίτην
Plural ὑπόθοιμεν ὑπόθοιτε ὑπόθοιεν
ImperativeSingular ὑπόθει ὑποθεῖτω
Dual ὑπόθειτον ὑποθεῖτων
Plural ὑπόθειτε ὑποθοῦντων, ὑποθεῖτωσαν
Infinitive ὑπόθειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ὑποθων ὑποθουντος ὑποθουσα ὑποθουσης ὑποθουν ὑποθουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ὑπόθουμαι ὑπόθει, ὑπόθῃ ὑπόθειται
Dual ὑπόθεισθον ὑπόθεισθον
Plural ὑποθοῦμεθα ὑπόθεισθε ὑπόθουνται
SubjunctiveSingular ὑπόθωμαι ὑπόθῃ ὑπόθηται
Dual ὑπόθησθον ὑπόθησθον
Plural ὑποθώμεθα ὑπόθησθε ὑπόθωνται
OptativeSingular ὑποθοίμην ὑπόθοιο ὑπόθοιτο
Dual ὑπόθοισθον ὑποθοίσθην
Plural ὑποθοίμεθα ὑπόθοισθε ὑπόθοιντο
ImperativeSingular ὑπόθου ὑποθεῖσθω
Dual ὑπόθεισθον ὑποθεῖσθων
Plural ὑπόθεισθε ὑποθεῖσθων, ὑποθεῖσθωσαν
Infinitive ὑπόθεισθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ὑποθουμενος ὑποθουμενου ὑποθουμενη ὑποθουμενης ὑποθουμενον ὑποθουμενου

Future tense

Imperfect tense

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.

Examples

  • ὥστε σύγγνωτε, εἰ δηχθεὶσ καὶ αὐτοσ τὴν ψυχὴν ἡδίστῳ τούτῳ καὶ ὑγιεινοτάτῳ τῷ δήγματι ἐμφοροῦμαι χανδὸν ὑποθεὶσ τῷ κρουνῷ τὴν κεφαλήν· (Lucian, Dipsades 15:1)
  • ἀκούεισ δέ γε ἴσωσ καὶ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ τοῦ ἐμοῦ πέρι τοῦ Ἡρακλέουσ, ὡσ διαδέξαιτό ποτε αὐτὸσ ἐκεῖνοσ τὸν Ἄτλαντα, καὶ ἀναπαύσειε πρὸσ ὀλίγον τοῦ ἄχθουσ ὑποθεὶσ ἑαυτὸν τῷ φορτίῳ. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 4:9)
  • πήχεισ γὰρ ἐναρμόσασ καὶ ζυγώσασ, ἔπειτα κολλάβουσ ἐμπήξασ καὶ μαγάδα ὑποθεὶσ καὶ ἐντεινάμενοσ ἑπτὰ χορδὰσ ἐμελῴδει πάνυ γλαφυρόν, ὦ Ἥφαιστε, καὶ ἐναρμόνιον, ὡσ κἀμὲ αὐτῷ φθονεῖν πάλαι κιθαρίζειν ἀσκοῦντα. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 8:3)
  • ἔπειτ’ ἐνέθηκα κριβάνῳ ὑποθεὶσ τράπεζαν χαλκῆν ἐστάθευσά τε τῷ πυρί, ὡσ μήτε κατακαῦσαι μήτ’ ὠμὸν ἀφελεῖν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 26 7:2)
  • τῆσ ὀριγάνου πρώτιστον ὑποθεὶσ εἰσ λοπάδα νεανικὴν τὸ τρίμμ’ ἐπιπολῆσ εὐρύθμωσ διειμένον ὄξει, σιραίῳ χρωματίσασ καὶ σιλφίῳ, πυκνῷ πατάξασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 69 3:4)

Synonyms

  1. to run in before

Derived

Similar forms

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

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