uJf-izavnw , = uJfivzw , to crouch beneath, c. dat ., Eur.
uJfivzhsi"
uJfivzhsi" , ew", hJ , a settling or sinking, Strab. From uJfivzw
uJfivzw
uJf-ivzw , to sit down, crouch, Eur.
uJf-ivhmi , Ion. uJp-ivhmi : f. uJf-hvsw : ( v. i{hmi ):— to let down, uJf. iJstovn to lower the mast, Il.; uJf. iJstiva , Lat. submittere vela , h. Hom.
2. to put under, tiv tini Hom .; ti uJpov ti Xen .:— to put a young one under its dam, put it to suck,
Od., Theocr. ; in Med. , of the mother, uJfivesqai mastoi`" to put it to her breast, to suckle it, Eur.
3. uJf. tinav to engage any one secretly, to prepare him to play a part, to suborn, Soph .: Pass. , wJ" e[cidnÆ uJfeimevnh like a snake secretly introduced, slipped in, Id.
4.
to give up, surrender,
Xen.
II.
intr.
to slacken, relax
or
abate from
a thing,
c. gen
.,
uJpei;" th`" ojrgh`"
Hdt
.;
absol.
to give in, abate,
oujde;n uJpievnte"
Id.:—so too in
Med.
, Id.; so of things,
to; u{dwr uJpivetai tou` yucrou`
abates from
its chill, Id.;
tou` stovmatov" ge uJf
.
I give way
as to it,
Xen.
;
c. dat.
to yield, give way to
any one,
toi`" polemivoi"
Id.
III. in Med. and Pass. to lower ones sails, Ar .; mostly in part. pf ., plei`n uJfeimevnh/ dokei` moi methinks I should run with lowered sails, i.e. to lower my tone, Soph.
2. swvzw neossou;" o[rni" w}" uJfeimevnh , like a cowering hen,—or perhaps with my nestlings under me, Eur.
3. generally, to submit, Xen .; c. inf ., katqanei`n uJfeimevnh submissively prepared to die, Eur.
uJfikavnw
uJf-ikavnw »a<Eth>1/4 , = uJpevrcomai II , to steal over one, Il.
uJfivsthmi
uJf-ivsthmi , f. uJposthvsw : aor. I uJpevsthsa :—in these tenses Causal, to place or set under, tiv tini Hdt. , Pind. ; trei`" staurou;" uJpivsthsi plants three piles in the lake to support a house, Hdt. :— metaph. , gnwvma" uJposthvsa" sofav" having laid them as a foundation, Soph.
2.
to post secretly
or
in ambush,
Hdt
.,
Xen.
II.
Causal also in
fut.
and
aor.
I
med.
to substitute,
tiv tini
one thing
for
another,
Xen.
B.
Pass
., with
aor.
2
act.
uJp-evsthn
,
pf.
uJf-evsthka
,
Ion. part.
uJp-estewv"
:—
to stand under as a support,
c. dat
.,
Hdt.
2. to sink to the bottom, settle, to; uJfistavmenon the milk, opp. to to; ejfistavmenon (the cream),
II. to place oneself under an engagement, engage or promise to do, c. inf. fut ., o{ssÆ jAcilh`i uJpevsthmen dwvsein Il., etc. ; c. inf. aor ., ou[ tiv" me uJpevsth saw`sai Ib.; c. inf. pres ., Hdt. :— absol. , after promise given, Od.; w{sper uJpevsth as he promised, Thuc .:—when foll. by acc. , an inf. may be supplied, trivpoda" ou{" oiJ uJpevsth ( sc. dwvsein ) Il.; ejktelevousin uJpovscesin h{nper uJpevstan Ib.
2.
to submit
to any one,
tini
Ib.
3.
c. acc.
rei,
to submit to, consent to,
oJ to; ejlavciston uJpistavmeno"
who offers to take
the least,
Hdt.
;
uJf. to;n plou`n
to undertake
it
unwillingly,
Thuc
.; so,
uJf. to;n kivndunon
Id.:—rarely
c. dat.
,
uJf. xumforai`" tai`" megivstai"
Id.
b.
to undertake
an office,
Xen.
Id.