ὑποβολ-ή

I a throwing, laying under, setting, in ambush

actively, a throwing or laying under, στρωμάτων, opp. περιβολή, Pl. Plt. 280b; μεθʼ ὑποβολῆς πλείονος φλογός Sor. 1.50; ἡ τῶν ἐνεδρευόντων ὑ. setting men in ambush, Plb. 3.105.1; ἐπανάγονται τρισὶ τριήρεσιν ἐξ ὑ. Id. 15.2.12.

2 substitution by stealth, of suppositious children, being supposititious, substitution of false

substitution by stealth, esp. of suppositious children, Pl. R. 538a, Satyr. Vit.Eur.Fr. 39 vii 10 (pl.), Luc. Salt. 37; ὑποβολῆς γράφεσθαί τινα charge one with being supposititious, AB 312, cf. sq. [ὑποβολιμαῖος]; also ὑ. κλειδῶν substitution of false keys, Plu. Rom. 22.

3 suggesting, reminding, admonition, suggestion, cujus impulsu ?, suggestio, influence, at the dictation, with a prompter at hand, cue

suggesting, reminding, ἐξ ὑποβολῆς by admonition, X. Cyr. 3.3.37; ἐξ ὑπομνήσεως καὶ ὑ. . . τοῦ ἐπισκόπου on the suggestion of . . , Sammelb. 7475.8 (vi/vii A. D.); τίνος ὑποβολῇ; = cujus impulsu ? Gloss.; ὑ. ἡ πρὸς ἄρχοντα ἢ βασιλέα γινομένη ἀναφορὰ ἤτοι διδασκαλία, = suggestio, ibid.; τὰς τῶν περιστάσεων ὑ. the influence of circumstances (on Hannibalʼs actions), Plb. 9.24.3; ἐξ ὑ. δυέναι τὸν ὅρκον at the dictation of another, Polem.Hist. 83; ἐξ ὑ. λέγειν deliver a speech with a prompter at hand

4 interruption

interruption, διακόπτειν ἐξ ὑ. τὸν λόγον Sch.B Il. 19.80.

5 by interposition, beneath

Medic., αἱ ἐξ ὑ. ἐγχρίσεις anointing by interposition or beneath (the eyelid), opp. αἱ κατʼ ἐκτροπήν, Antyll. ap. Orib. 10.23.24; καθʼ ὑποβολήν Sever. ap. Aët. 7.32.

II that which is put under, foundation, groundwork, foundation, capacity, subject-matter

passively, that which is put under, foundation, groundwork, πρὸς τὴν Ῥωμύλου . . αὔξησιν τὴν μὲν Τύχην ὑποβολὰς κατατεθεῖσθαι, τὴν δʼ Ἀρετὴν ἐξῳκοδομηκέναι Plu. Fort.Rom. 2.320b; ἀρχὴ καὶ ὑ. τοῦ σωφρονεῖν ἡ ἐν σίτοις καὶ ποτοῖς ἐγκράτεια Muson. Fr. 18Ap.94 H.; φυσικὴν εἶναι ὑ. τῇ ψυχῇ πρὸς καλοκἀγαθίαν a natural foundation or capacity for . . , Id. Fr. 2p.7H.; ἐν πολλοῖς [τῶν ζῴων] ὑποβολὰς ἔχων πρὸς τὸ τέλειον [ὁ λόγος θεωρεῖται] Porph. Abst. 3.2; subject-matter of discourse, Luc. Dem.Enc. 21.