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

  • ἐπὶ δ[ὴ τ]αῦτ’ ἄγετ’ αὐτὸν ἀπολ[ογη]σόμενον, καὶ σύ, ὦ Φ[ιλι]ππίδη, δείξασ ἀληθῆ εἶναι τὰ περὶ τῶν προέδρων, ἃ ὑπέθου ἐν τῷ ψηφ[ίσ]ματι, ἀπόφευγε. (Hyperides, Speeches, 14:3)
  • ὑπέθου γὰρ τὴν γεωργικὴν τέχνην πασῶν εἶναι εὐμαθεστάτην, καὶ νῦν ἐγὼ ἐκ πάντων ὧν εἴρηκασ τοῦθ’ οὕτωσ ἔχειν παντάπασιν ὑπὸ σοῦ ἀναπέπεισμαι. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 21 2:2)
  • σοὶ καὶ νῦν ὑπὸ γῆν, ναί, δέσποτα, πιστὸσ ὑπάρχω, ὡσ πάροσ, εὐνοίησ οὐκ ἐπιληθόμενοσ, ὥσ με τότ’ ἐκ νούσου τρὶσ ἐπ’ ἀσφαλὲσ ἤγαγεσ ἴχνοσ, καὶ νῦν ἀρκούσᾐ τῇδ’ ὑπέθου καλύβῃ, Μάνην ἀγγείλασ, Πέρσην γένοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 1791)
  • ἢ ἐάνπερ βούλῃ ἀκριβῶσ διορίζειν, ὥσπερ ὑπέθου, οὐδέν τι μᾶλλον, ἐάν τισ κυβερνῶν ὑγιὴσ γίγνηται διὰ τὸ συμφέρον αὐτῷ πλεῖν ἐν τῇ θαλάττῃ, ἕνεκα τούτου καλεῖσ μᾶλλον αὐτὴν ἰατρικήν; (Plato, Republic, book 1 405:4)

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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