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ὑφαιρέω

ὑφαιρέω, (lit. to seize underneath), take away, steal, take gradually, deduct

ὑφαιρ-έω, fut. -ήσω (ὑφελῶ in Aq. Ex. 5.19): aor. ὑφεῖλον (aor. 1 Med. ὑφειλάμην LXX Jb. 21.18): Ion. ὑπαιρέω, etc., Hdt. 3.65, al.:—
  • seize underneath or inwardly, τοὺς δʼ ἄρʼ ὑπὸ τρόμος εἷλεν Il. 5.862, cf. Od. 24.450.
    • II draw or take away from under, ὑπὸ δʼ ᾕρεον ἕρματα νηῶν Il. 2.154; ἄνθεμον ποντίας ἐέρσας Pi. N. 7.79; [τὸ παιδίον τῆς μητρός] Pl. Tht. 161a; τὴν χεῖρα ὑφῄρει tried to draw it away, Ar. Pl. 689.
      • 2 take away underhand, filch away, [τῶν Ἀθηναίων] τοὺς ξυμμάχους Th. 3.13; ὑ. τὴν πρόσοδον, τὴν εὐπορίαν, diminish it gradually, ib. 31, 82; purloin, steal, βοῦν PSI 4.366.2 (iii B. C.); ταῦτα (sc. ζεῦγος χεροψελίων κτλ.) ib. 10.1128.30 (iii A.D.); of a doctor, ὑ. τὸ οἰνάριον καὶ τὸ λουτρόν remove from the regime, Sor. 2.15; ὑ. τῆς ὑποψίας gradually to take away part of . ., Th. 1.42; so ὑ. τοῦ πλήθεος Hp. VM 5; τοῦ τόνου Luc. Philops. 8; τῆς ὀργῆς Phalar. Ep. 72 codd. (ὑφῆκα Valckenaer):—Pass., ὑφῃρέθη σου, κάλαμος ὡσπερεὶ λύρας S. Fr. 36; ὑπαραιρημένος put secretly away, made away with, Hdt. 3.65:—also Med., filch, purloin, Ar. Eq. 745, Nu. 179, Pl. 1140, D. 45.58, PCair.Zen. 350.4 (iii B. C.), etc.; ὑ. τοὺς καιροὺς τῆς πόλεως Aeschin. 3.66; τὴν δημοκρατίαν ἄρδην ὑ. ib. 145; ὑ. τί τινος filch it from him, Hdt. 5.83, Lys. 14.37, etc.; χρήματα ἐξ Ἐλαιοῦντος Hdt. 9.116; ὑ. μοῦ τὴν ἀπολογίαν Hyp. Lyc. 11; ὑ. τι ἐξ ἱερῶν ἢ ὁσίων Pl. Lg. 857b: abs., Ar. V. 556.
      • 3 Med. also c. acc. pers., ὑ. τινά τινος rob him of . ., Aeschin. 3.222; σιγῇ τοῦθʼ ὑφαιρούμεσθά νιν keep it from him . ., E. El. 271.
      • 4 subtract, deduct, ὑφαιρεθέντος τοῦ ἐπιδεκάτου IG 42(1).103.325, al. (Epid., iv B. C.); ὑφαιρουμένης τῆς προικὸς τῆς προδεδομένης POxy. 1102.10 (ii A. D.).

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