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ὕποπτος

ὕποπτος, viewed with suspicion or jealousy; suspecting

ὕπ-οπτος, ον, (ὑφοράω, fut. ὑπόψομαι)
  • viewed with suspicion or jealousy, of persons, A. Ag. 1637; opp. πιστός (trusted), Th. 3.82; c. dat., an object of suspicion to one, πόλει E. El. 644, cf. Th. 4.103, 104, etc.; ὕ. τινός suspected in relation to a thing, Plu. Pomp. 56; ἐπί τινι Luc. Cal. 29: c. inf., ὑ. αὐτοῖς μὴ προθύμως πέμψαι suspected by them of not having sent . ., Th. 6.75.
      • 2 of things, τάδʼ ἦν ὕποπτα E. IT 1334; τούτων ὑπόπτων ὄντων Antipho 2.2.4, cf. Epicur. Sent. 13, Sammelb. 5761.22 (i A. D.); ὕ. ἂν γένοιτο X. Cyr. 2.4.16; ὕ. καθειστήκει c. inf., it was matter for suspicion to . ., Th. 4.78: τὰ ὕ. suspected defects, Plu. Galb. 24.
        • b expected, foreseen, of ague fits, ὕ. ἡμέρα, προσβολή, Ruf. Fr. 68, Dsc. 5.113.
      • 3 Adv., -τως διακεῖσθαι or ἔχειν to lie under suspicion, τινι Th. 8.68, X. HG 2.3.40.
    • II Act., suspecting, fearing, c. gen., ἁλώσεως E. Hec. 1135; πρὸς φαρμακίην ὕ. Aret. SD 1.5, etc.: τὸ ὕ. suspicion, jealousy, τὸ ὕ. τῆς γνώμης Th. 1.90, cf. Plu. Cleom. 36, Hdn. 4.1.1; τῷ ὑ. μου from suspicion of me, Th. 6.89; εἰς ὕποπτα μὴ μόλῃς ἐμοί E. El. 345. Adv., with suspicion, -τως ἀποδέχεσθαι πάντα Th. 6.53, cf. 8.66; ὑ. ἔχειν πρός τινα Isoc. 8.112, D. 19.132; περὶ τὰ προσφερόμενα Arist. Pr. 926b22.
      • 2 of a horse, = ὑπόπτης 2, Poll. 1.197.

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