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ὑπεμνήμυκε

ὑπεμνήμυκε, he hangs down his head, stands with head hung down

ὑπεμνήμῡκε, in Il. 22.491, πάντα δʼ ὑπεμνήμυκε, of an orphan boy: Aristarch. interpreted it—
  • he hangs down his head utterly, he is altogether cast down; so that it must be taken (cf. Sch.) as Ep. pf. of ὑπ-ημύω, for ὑπ-εμήμυκε (ν being inserted metri gr.):—the pres. is used by coluth. 338, ὑπημύουσι παρειαί sink in, become hollow.

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