ὑπείκω (upeiko)

Where it lives

Apology 2 · 2.29/10k
Menexenus 1 · 2.08/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Electra 1 · 1.15/10k
Philoctetes 1 · 1.14/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
Timaeus 2 · 0.85/10k
Iliad 7 · 0.63/10k

Densest 12 of 24 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ὑπείκ-ω · hypeik-ō — LSJ

retire, withdraw, depart, from, retire from, for, draw back

retire, withdraw, depart, c. gen. loci, νεῶν from the ships, Il. 16.305; ὑ. τινὶ ἕδρης retire from oneʼs seat for another, make room for him, Od. 16.42; ὑ. τοῦ ἀρχαίου λόγου draw back from . . , Hdt. 7.160; ὑ. τινὶ λόγων (cj. Valck. for λόγῳ) give one the first word, allow him to speak first, X. Mem. 2.3.16; πολίταις ὁδῶν καὶ θάκων καὶ λόγων ὑπείκειν Id. Cyr. 8.7.10.

2 yield, give way, are soft and yielding, a yielding substance

yield, give way, ὑ. τινί Id. An. 7.7.31: abs., of a seaman, ὅστις . . πόδα τείνας ὑπείκει μηδέν S. Ant. 716; of things, Il. 20.266; ὅσα δένδρων ὑ. S. Ant. 713; ὑ. ὑγρὰ οὖσα ἡ κνήμη X. Eq. 7.6; ὑ. αἱ δάπιδες are soft and yielding, Id. Cyr. 8.8.16; ἐν ὑπείκοντι in a yielding substance, Arist. PA 694b15; πρὸς ἀντιπῖπτον . . καὶ οὐ πρὸς ὑπεῖκον Id. Pr. 961b4; καθʼ ἅπερ ἂν ὑπείκῃ Gal. 2.711; τὸ ὑπεῖκον, = οἱ ὑπείκοντες, E. IT 327.

3 he scaped

c. acc., πάροιθε νεμεσσηθεὶς ὑπόειξε χεῖρας ἐμάς he scaped my hands, Il. 15.227.

II yield, give way, comply, I will give way, yield, submit, submit to, concede, submit, yield

metaph., yield, give way, comply, ib. 211; θεοῖσιν ὑπείξεαι ἀθανάτοισι Od. 12.117, cf. Il. 23.602; ἀλλʼ ἤτοι μὲν ταῦθʼ ὑποείξομεν ἀλλήλοισι 4.62; σοὶ πᾶν ἔργον ὑπείξομαι I will give way to thee in . . , 1.294: in Trag., Att., etc., sts. abs., yield, submit, S. Aj. 371, OT 625, Th. 1.127, Pl. Ap. 32a, Ep.Hebr. 13.17, etc.: sts. c. dat., submit to, A. Ag. 1362; τιμαῖς S. Aj. 670; γήρᾳ ὑ. E. IA 140 (anap.); ὑ. θυμουμένοις Pl. Lg. 717d, cf. R. 336e, etc.; ἐπιθυμίαις Phld. D. 1.25: c. inf., νῷν ὕπεικ

In the wild

ὑπείξομεν · hypeixomen Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1361–1362
ὑπεῖκον · hypeikon Aristotle, Metaphysics book 9 (DIORISIS sentence 2305)
ὑπείκων · hypeikōn Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 139 (DIORISIS sentence 57)
ὑπεῖκον · hypeikon Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris *bouko/los (DIORISIS sentence 137)
ὑπεῖξαι · hypeixai Herodotus, Histories 7.149.3 (DIORISIS sentence 7917)
ὑπείξομεν · hypeixomen Herodotus, Histories 7.160.2 (DIORISIS sentence 7991)

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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