ὑφαιρ-έω (uphaireo)

Where it lives

Against Ergocles 2 · 21.98/10k
Against Philocrates 1 · 15.13/10k
Against Stephanus 1 7 · 12.38/10k
Against Olympiodorus 4 · 11.4/10k
On the Public Fund 2 · 8.65/10k
Against Alcibiades 1 2 · 8.29/10k
Epistula Jeremiae 1 · 7.94/10k
Against Timocrates 11 · 7.54/10k
Against Nicomachus 1 · 5.32/10k
Wasps 4 · 4.11/10k
Against Andocides 1 · 3.85/10k
Against Androtion 2 · 3.65/10k

Densest 12 of 36 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ὑφαιρ-έω · hyphair-eō — LSJ

seize underneath, inwardly

seize underneath or inwardly, τοὺς δʼ ἄρʼ ὑπὸ τρόμος εἷλεν Il. 5.862, cf. Od. 24.450.

II draw, take away from under, tried to draw, away

draw or take away from under, ὑπὸ δʼ ᾕρεον ἕρματα νηῶν Il. 2.154; ἄνθεμον ποντίας ἐέρσας Pi. N. 7.79; [τὸ παιδίον τῆς μητρός] Pl. Tht. 161a; τὴν χεῖρα ὑφῄρει tried to draw it away, Ar. Pl. 689.

2 take away underhand, filch away, diminish, gradually, purloin, steal, remove, gradually to take away, put secretly away, made away with, filch, purloin, filch, from

take away underhand, filch away, [τῶν Ἀθηναίων] τοὺς ξυμμάχους Th. 3.13; ὑ. τὴν πρόσοδον, τὴν εὐπορίαν, diminish it gradually, ib. 31, 82; purloin, steal, βοῦν PSI 4.366.2 (iii B. C.); ταῦτα (sc. ζεῦγος χεροψελίων κτλ.) ib. 10.1128.30 (iii A.D.); of a doctor, ὑ. τὸ οἰνάριον καὶ τὸ λουτρόν remove from the regime, Sor. 2.15; ὑ. τῆς ὑποψίας gradually to take away part of . . , Th. 1.42; so ὑ. τοῦ πλήθεος Hp. VM 5; τοῦ τόνου Luc. Philops. 8; τῆς ὀργῆς Phalar. Ep. 72 codd. (ὑφῆκα Valckenaer):—Pass.,

3 rob, keep, from

Med. also c. acc. pers., ὑ. τινά τινος rob him of . . , Aeschin. 3.222; σιγῇ τοῦθʼ ὑφαιρούμεσθά νιν keep it from him . . , E. El. 271.

4 subtract, deduct

subtract, deduct, ὑφαιρεθέντος τοῦ ἐπιδεκάτου IG 42(1).103.325, al. (Epid., iv B. C.); ὑφαιρουμένης τῆς προικὸς τῆς προδεδομένης POxy. 1102.10 (ii A. D.).

In the wild

ὑφείλετο · hypheileto Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 146)
ὑφελοίατο · hypheloiato Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 929)
ὑφείλετο · hypheileto Aristophanes, Frogs 1242
ὑφείλετο · hypheileto Aristophanes, Frogs 146–151
ὑφειλόμην · hypheilomēn Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 546)
ὑφῄρει · hyphēirei Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 548)

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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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