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ὑπεισ-έρχομαι

upeiserchomai

enter upon secretly

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What it meant

ὑπεισ-έρχομαι · hypeis-erchomai — LSJ

enter upon secretly, came on, unawares, have stolen over

enter upon secretly, λαθὸν ὑπεισῆλθεν τὸ γῆρας, v.l. for ὑπῆλθεν, came on me unawares, Pl. Ax. 367b; πάντως ἂν οἶκτος αὐτὸν ὑπεισῆλθε pity would have stolen over him, Lib. Decl. 6.38 (v.l. ὑπῆλθε).

2 come into oneʼs mind

come into oneʼs mind, Luc. Merc.Cond. 11.

3 enter instead, be substituted, are substituted

enter instead, be substituted, τῶν συμφώνων τούτων, ἃ ὑπεισέρχεται εἰς τὸν τόπον τούτου the consonants which are substituted for it, Dosith. p.385 K.

4 enter, in oneʼs turn, succeed to

enter a body in oneʼs turn, εἰς τοὺς ἐμοὺς ἀνθρώπους PGiss. 40i6 (iii A. D.); succeed to office, βουλευτικὸν φρόντισμα PSI 6.684.4 (iv/v A. D.).

II slip into, assume

slip into, assume, πρᾶον σχῆμʼ ὑπεισελθών Men. 689.

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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