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ὑποτρέχω

ὑποτρέχω, to run in under

ὑποτρέχω, aor. -έδρᾰμον (v. infr.): poet. pf. -δέδρομα h.Ap. 284; -δεδρόμηκα (v. infr. IV):—
  • run in under, ὑπέδραμε καὶ λάβε γούνων ran in under the spear or sword and clasped his knees, Il. 21.68, Od. 10.323 (though it may be only, ran up to him); ὑ. πρὸς στέρνα πατρός E. IA 631, cf. [636]; ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας τοῦ ἵππου ὑπέδραμε Hdt. 7.88; ὑ. ὑπὸ τὴν τοῦ ἀκοντίου φοράν in under, within the dartʼs range, Antipho 3.2.4: later c. acc., νησίον ὑ. run under the lee of . ., Act. Ap. 27.16; ὑ. πρῶνας Them. Or. 13.168b; τὸν τρίβωνα Philostr. Ep. 7: c. dat., [ταῖς πλατάνοις] Plu. Apophth.reg. 2.185e; ναυλόχοις ib. Mul.virt. 243e.
    • II run under, stretch away under, ὑποδέδρομε βῆσσα h.Ap. 284.
    • III run in between, intercept, λῃστάς X. Cyr. 1.2.12; τὰ κορίαννʼ ἐπριάμην ὑποδραμών Ar. Eq. 676; ἐν ταῖς συνόδοις ἡ σελήνη τὸν [τοῦ ἡλίου] κύκλον ὑποτρέχουσα Jul. Or. 2.80d (cf. ὑποθέω I.2); ὅταν [ἡ σελήνη] ὑπὸ τὴν φλόγα [τοῦ ἡλίου] ὑποδράμῃ D.C. 60.26; pass between a star and the earth, Ptol. Alm. 8.4.
      • 2 = ὑποσκελίζω, trip up, overreach, τῶν στρατηγῶν ὑποδραμὼν τοὺς (Bentl. for τῶν) ἐκ Πύλου Ar. Eq. 742 (dub. l.).
      • 3 interrupt, Dius ap. Stob. 4.21.17.
      • 4 usurp, τὴν Ἡρακλέους προσηγορίαν S.E. M. 9.36; τὴν τῶν θεῶν τιμήν ib. 38:—Pass., τὰς ὑποδεδραμημένας ἐπιστατείας the posts into which they have crept, PTeb. 24.67 (ii B. C.).
    • IV overrun, steal over, ἔρευθος ὑ. steals over the skin, Hp. Fract. 27; καί τις οἷον ἀπελπισμὸς ὑπέδραμεν τοὺς ἀνθρώπους a kind of despair came over people, Plb. 30.32.11; καί τις ἔλεος αὐτὸν ὑποτρέχει Id. 9.10.7: also c. dat., αὔτικα χρῷ πῦρ ὐπαδεδρόμακεν Sapph. 2.10; in slightly different sense, ὑπέδραμέ τις ἔννοια . . τοῖς ἀνθρώποις occurred to people, Plb. 16.6.10; οὐχ ὑπέδραμε δέ it did not occur to him, Str. 12.3.27, cf. Arr. Epict. 4.2.2: c. acc. et inf., Plb. 14.12.5.
    • V insinuate oneself into any oneʼs good graces, flatter, fawn upon, ὑ. τινὰ θωπείᾳ E. Or. 670, cf. Aeschin. 3.162; ὃς δʼ ἂν . . χαρίζηται ὑποτρέχων Pl. R. 426c; θωπείαις ὑποδραμών Id. Lg. 923b; ὑ. καὶ κολακεύειν Phld. Ir. p.66 W.
    • VI Medic., ἢν οἷον λίθοι ὑποτρέχωσιν if what seem to be stones get into the eye, Hp. Loc.Hom. 13; but ὡς τὸ δάκρυον συμπεπηγὸς ὑποτρέχειν ποιέῃς so as to make the coagulated tears run off, ibid.

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