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ὑποπτήσσω

ὑποπτήσσω, to crouch or cower beneath

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ὑποπτήξας aorist active participle masculine nominative singular, aorist active participle masculine vocative singular of ὑποπτήσσω

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ὑποπτήσσω,
  • crouch or cower beneath, like hares, birds, etc., πετάλοις ὑποπεπτηῶτες (Ep. pf. part. from shorter stem πτη-, cf. κατα-, προσ-πτήσσω) Il. 2.312; ὑποπτήξας τάφῳ E. Hel. 1203; ὑπέπτηχε cowers, Luc. Musc.Enc. 4.
    • II metaph., crouch before another, bow down to, τινι X. Cyr. 1.5.1; also ὑ. τοὺς νέους θεούς A. Pr. 960, cf. 29, X. Cyr. 1.6.8; τὸ τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἀξίωμα Aeschin. 2.105: abs., to be modest or shy, X. Cyr. 1.3.8.

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