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ὕπειμι

upeimi2

steal secretly upon

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What it meant

ὕπειμι · hypeimi — LSJ

steal secretly upon, steal a march on, occurs, will occur) to

steal secretly upon one, steal a march on, c. acc., ἡ τυραννὶς ὡς λάθρᾳ γʼ ἐλάνθανʼ ὑπιοῦσά με Ar. V. 465 (lyr., s. v. l.); τοὺς βασιλέας ὑπῄει δέος Paus. 7.1.7; ὑπῄει ἐπῶν ἡμᾶς . . μνήμη Id. 10.4.2; also ὕπεισί με . . it occurs (or will occur) to me, Aristid. 1.448 J.: rarely c. dat., ὑπῄει μοι τὸ γιγνόμενον Plu. QConv. 2.652b.

2 insinuate oneself into, favour

of persons, ὑ. τινά insinuate oneself into his favour, Id. Cic. 45, D.Chr. 4.10.

II fall back, retire

fall back, retire, Hdt. 4.120.

III motions, the urine will pass

Medic., τὰ ὑπιόντα motions, Hp. Aff. 11: impers., ταύτῃ ὕπεισι the urine will pass that way, Ruf. Ren.Ves. 3.17.

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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