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ὑπισχνέομαι

ὑπισχνέομαι, ὑπισχνέομαι, undertake (to do + compl. inf.); promise, profess (+ indirect discourse inf.)

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ὑπίσχεο Verb: imperfect middle indicative 2nd singular, Verb: present middle imperative 2nd singular of ὑπισχνέομαι

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ὑπισχνέομαι, Ion. and Ep. ὑπίσχομαι Od. 8.347, Hdt. 5.30, al., also A. Eu. 804, Ar. Fr. 615, IG 2(2).1126.11 (Delph. Amphict.), Schwyzer 323 A 14 (Delph., iv B. C.); impf. ὑπίσχετο Il. 23.195, ὑπίσχεο 20.84, ὑπίσχοντο Hdt. 7.168; but Hdt. also has ὑπισχνέετο 9.109 (v.l. for -έεται); ὑπισχνεύμενος 2.152; ὑπισχνοῦμαι S. Ichn. 2; imper. ὑπισχνοῦ Ar. V. 750 (anap.): fut. ὑποσχήσομαι D. 19.324: aor. ὑπεσχόμην Il. 9.263, etc.: pf. ὑπέσχημαι Th. 8.48, X. Oec. 3.1, D. 7.33, etc.: plpt. ὑπέσχητο Id. 19.121:—Act. ὑπισχνέω Aesop. 205.— collat. form of ὑπέχομαι, which supplies several of its tenses, and even in pres. is used = ὑπισχνέομαι, App. Mith. 16, 20, PBremen 36.10, PRyl. 96.9, PGiss. 5.10 (all ii A. D.), etc. (ὑπίσχομαι was replaced by ὑπισχνέομαι under the influence of the opposite ἀρνέομαι):—
  • take upon oneself, i.e. undertake to do, δείδω μὴ οὔ τίς τοι ὑπόσχηται τόδε ἔργον Il. 10.39; τροφαῖσι βασιλικαῖσι καὶ παιδεύμασιν ἅπανθʼ ὑπισχνεῖθʼ ὡς ἀπὸ σπλάγχνων ἑῶν Ezek. Exag. 38 (s.v.l.): more freq., promise, ὑποσχέσθαι δʼ ἑκατόμβας Il. 6.115, cf. 23.195; ὅσσα τοι . . ὑπέσχετο δῶρα 9.263; βουλέων, ἅς τέ μοι αὐτὸς ὑ. 12.236, cf. 20.84; ὑ. δαπάνην τῇ στρατιῇ Hdt. 5.30; [πόλεσιν] ὀλιγαρχίαν Th. 8.48, etc.: with a thing as subject, τῆς τῶν ὀδόντων ἀναφυήσεως ὑπισχνουμένης τὴν τῶν στερεμνιωτέρων διαίρεσιν καὶ λείωσιν Sor. 1.116; τὰ στύφειν ὑπισχνούμενα ib. 120.
        • b c. inf. fut., ὑπό τʼ ἔσχετο—καὶ κατένευσε—δωσέμεναι Il. 13.368, cf. Od. 4.6; ὑ.—καὶ κατένευσεν—Ἴλιον ἐκπέρσαντʼ . . ἀπονέεσθαι (for this Verb has a fut. sense) Il. 2.112, 9.19; ὑ. Ἑλένην . . δωσέμεν Ἀτρεΐδῃσιν ἄγειν 22.114; ὑ. δυοκαίδεκα βοῦς . . ἱερευσέμεν 6.93; so in Trag. and Att., S. Ph. 615, E. Tr. 930, Pl. Phdr. 235d, etc.; also ὑ. ἦ μὴν . ., c. inf. fut., X. Cyr. 6.2.3: c. acc. et inf. fut., ἐγὼ δέ τοι αὐτὸν ὑπίσχομαι . . τείσειν Od. 8.347, cf. A. Eu. 804.
        • c c. inf. aor., only f.l., as in X. An. 1.2.2, 2.3.19 (where the variants παύσεσθαι, βουλεύσεσθαι are now accepted), while in Cyr. 2.2.12, 6.1.21, An. 7.2.24 he uses inf. fut.; in D. 42.17, for ἀποφαίνειν Cobet restores ἀποφανεῖν.
        • d freq. with a neut. Adj., μεγάλα ὑ. Hdt. 2.152, al.: without acc., ὑπίσχεται ἀνδρὶ ἑκάστῳ she makes promises to each man, Od. 2.91; ὑπισχνέεται καὶ ὤμοσε Hdt. 9.109, cf. 5.51; ἠρώτα αὐτὴν εἰ ἐθελήσει διακονῆσαί οἱ, καὶ ἣ ὑπέσχετο τάχιστα Antipho 1.16; ὑποσχόμενος . ., ἃ ὑπεδέξατο οὐκ ἐπετέλει Th. 2.95.
      • 2 c. inf. pres., profess that one is, profess to be, ὑ. οἷός τε εἶναι Hdt. 7.104; οὐδεὶς ὑπέσχετο εἰδέναι Id. 2.28, cf. Pl. Sph. 234b, Tht. 178e; also, profess to do a thing, ὑ. ποιεῖν ἄνδρας ἀγαθοὺς πολίτας Id. Prt. 319a, cf. Sph. 232d; θεοὺς ὑ. πείθειν Id. Lg. 909b; ὑ. συστρατεύεσθαι X. An. 7.7.31 (-σεσθαι Cobet); with ὡς, ὑ. ὡς . . ἐπίστασαι Pl. Ion 541e.
      • 3 consent, οὐχ ὑπέσχετο λαβεῖν τιμὴν (price) ἀλλʼ ἐχαρίσατο Sammelb. 7457.8 (ii B. C.).

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