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ὑπέρχομαι

ὑπέρχομαι, to go or come under; creep up, sneak in

ὑπ-έρχομαι, aor. ὑπῆλθον, Ep. -ήλυθον, the only tense used by Hom. (in both forms); Dor. subj. ὑπένθῃ Berl.Sitzb. 1927.158 (Cyrene); pf. ὑπελήλυθε Men. 498:—
  • go or come under, get under, c. acc., ὑπήλυθε θάμνους Od. 5.476; ὑπήλθετε δῶμʼ Ἀΐδαο 12.21; ἐπεί κε μέλαθρον ὑπέλθῃ 18.150, cf. Berl.Sitzb. l.c.; ὄφρʼ ἂν γᾶν ὑπέλθῃ A. Eu. 339 (lyr.); [ἡ μήτρα] ὅλη [τὴν κύστιν] ὑπελήλυθεν Sor. 1.7: with a Prep., ὑπὸ τὴν φορὰν τοῦ ἀκοντίου come within its range, Antipho 3.2.5; εἰς τὴν ὁδὸν τοῦ ἀκοντίου Id. 3.4.5; ὑπὸ τὸ βέλος ibid.: rarely c. dat., τοῖς στενοῖς enter (come under the mountains), Plu. Comp.Per.Fab. 2.
    • II of involuntary feelings, come upon, steal over one, c. acc., Τρῶας δὲ τρόμος αἰνὸς ὑπήλυθε γυῖα Il. 7.215, 20.44; φρίκης αὐτὸν ὑπελθούσης Hdt. 6.134; ὥς μʼ ὑπῆλθέ τις φόβος S. Ph. 1231, cf. El. 1112; θαῦμά τοί μʼ ὑπέρχεται ib. 928; ὥσθʼ ἵμερός μʼ ὑπῆλθε . . E. Med. 57, cf. Philem. 79.1; οὐ γάρ τις οἶκτος σῆς μʼ ὑ. φυγῆς E. Hipp. 1089; ἐς δʼ ἄκραν δεῖμʼ ὑπῆλθε κρατὸς φόβαν, of fear causing the hair to stand up, S. OC 1465 (lyr.); ἐκ ποδῶν δʼ ἄνω ὑ. σπαραγμὸς εἰς ἄκρον κάρα A. Fr. 169; ὑπελήλυθέν τέ μου νάρκα τις ὅλον τὸ δέρμα Men. 498.
    • III of persons, creep or insinuate oneself into anotherʼs good graces, fawn upon, εἶδες οἷʼ ὑπέρχεται ἡμᾶς; Ar. Eq. 269 (troch.); οἱ κριταὶ ὑ. Ἀλκιβιάδην And. 4.21; ὑ. τὰς ἀρχάς, τοὺς πολεμίους, X. Lac. 8.2, Ath. 2.14; ὑ. πάντας ἀνθρώπους καὶ δουλεύων Pl. Cri. 53e; ὑ. καὶ θεραπεύειν D. 23.8; ὑ. δώροις καὶ κολακείαις Plu. Luc. 6.
      • 2 entrap, beguile, λάθρᾳ μʼ ὑπελθών S. OT 386; οἷ αὖ μʼ ὑπῆλθες Id. Ph. 1007; δόλῳ μʼ ὑπῆλθες E. Andr. 435, cf. Supp. 138, IA 67; τὸν ἄνδρα ποικίλως ὑ. ἐν λόγοισιν Ar. Eq. 459.
    • IV c. acc. rei, seek by base arts, τυραννίδα Plu. Dio 7; φιλίαν D.Chr. 74.5.
    • V advance slowly, of an army, X. An. 5.2.30; cf. ὑπάγω A. III.
    • VI recede, give way, ὑπελθόντος τοῦ ἀέρος Arist. Cael. 295a22 (s. v.l.).
    • VII of excrements, pass, Gal. 18(2).147, Orib. Eup. 1.9.10; ὑπέρχεται ῥᾳδίως, of laxative food, Gal. 6.629; also of semen, καθεύδοντι ὑπέρχεται Ruf. ap. Orib. 6.38.29.
    • VIII undertake, assume, ὑπελθεῖν τοὔνομα καὶ τὸ ἔργον assume the title and the duty, Lib. Or. 49.5.

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