The corpus record

ὑποβολ-ῐμαῖος

upobolimaios

brought in by stealth, supposititious

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Where it lives

Third Philippic 1 · 2.35/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ὑποβολ-ῐμαῖος · hypobol-imaios — LSJ

brought in by stealth, supposititious

brought in by stealth, supposititious, of children, Pl. R. 537e, Plb. 2.55.9; τὰ ὑ. (sc. τέκνα) Hdt. 1.137, etc.; ὑ. ποιεῖ τοὺς ἑαυτοῦ νεοττοὺς ὁ κόκκυξ Arist. HA 618a28: Ὑποβολιμαῖος, name of plays by Cratinus Jun., Alexis, and others.

metaph., ὑ. σύνεσις Com.Adesp. 345; εὔνοια Plu. Lib.educ. 2.3c; κάλλος Sch.B Il. 14.170.

In the wild

ὑποβολιμαῖος · hypobolimaios Demosthenes, Third Philippic 31 (DIORISIS sentence 75)
ὑποβολιμαίου · hypobolimaiou Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5148)
ὑποβολιμαῖα · hypobolimaia Herodotus, Histories 1.137.2 (DIORISIS sentence 1004)
ὑποβολιμαῖος · hypobolimaios Plato, Republic 7.538 (DIORISIS sentence 4666)

Where it came from

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