ὑποχωρέω (upochoreo)

Where it lives

De Somno et Vigilia 1 · 3.36/10k
On Hunting 2 · 2.2/10k
On the Sacred Disease 1 · 2.18/10k
History 30 · 2.01/10k
Against Androtion 1 · 1.83/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 1 · 1.44/10k
Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
Frogs 1 · 1.1/10k
Luke 2 · 1.04/10k
Against Timocrates 1 · 0.69/10k
Sophist 1 · 0.62/10k
Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k

Densest 12 of 23 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ὑποχωρ-έω · hypochōr-eō — LSJ

go back, retire, withdraw

go back, retire, withdraw, Il. 6.107, 22.96; χώρησαν δʼ ὑπό τε πρόμαχοι . . 4.505; ὑ. ἐς τὴν Σάμον, εἰς Σικυῶνα, Th. 8.79, Is. 6.20; πρὸς αἱμασιάν Th. 4.43; παρὰ Τισσαφέρνην Id. 8.45; freq. in part., ὑποχωρῶν ᾤχετο, ὑποχωρήσαντες φεύγουσι, Is. 4.28, D. 22.66; of a lion, βάδην ὑ. Arist. HA 629b14; of long-horned kine, νέμεσθαι ὑποχωροῦντας Id. PA 659a20; εἰς τὰ βαθέα ὑ., of eels, Id. HA 592a27, etc.

2 withdraw from, gave way to, try to escape from

c. gen., withdraw from, ὑ. τῆς χώρης Hdt. 1.207; ὑ. τοῦ πεδίου X. Cyr. 2.4.24; τοῦ βίου IG 12(7).395.9 (Amorgos): c. dat., τὸ δημοκρατικὸν ὑπεχώρησε τῷ ὀλιγαρχικῷ gave way to, Pl. R. 560a; τὸν ἥσσω τῷ κρατοῦντι ὑ. Th. 1.77; but ὑ. τῷ δαίμονι try to escape from . . , Plu. Brut. 40.

b gave, a share of, surrendered, making way for them, retiring from

κἀκεῖνος ὑπεχώρησεν αὐτῷ τοῦ θρόνου he (Aeschylus) gave Sophocles a share of the throne, Ar. Ra. 790 (not surrendered it, which would be παρεχώρησεν) ; τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους ἐντρέπεσθαι . . ὁδῶν ὑποχωροῦντας making way for them on the streets (not ‘retiring from the streetsʼ), Plu. Apophth. Lac. 2.237d.

3 avoid, shun

c. acc., avoid, shun, μηδένα ὄχλον [νεῶν] Ἀθηναῖοι ὄντες ὑποχωρεῖν Th. 2.88; so perh. to be taken in Il. 13.476, μένεν . . , οὐδʼ ὑπεχώρει, Αἰνείαν ἐπιόντα; cf. Pl. Sph. 240a, D.H. 6.93, Luc. Tox. 36.

b cede, yield

cede, yield, τὴν δεσποτίαν αὐτοῖς POxy. 67.19 (iv A. D.).

II pass off below

pass off below, esp. by way of stool, σάρκες Hp. Aph. 4.26, etc.; εἰ ταχέως ὑποχωρεῖ τῶν ὑποχονδρίων Gal. 6.56, cf. 253:—in Med., Hp. Aph. 7.67.

III go on steadily, went on, after

go on steadily, εἰρεσία ὑπεχώρησεν ἐκ παλαμᾶν the rowing went on, stroke after stroke, Pi. P. 4.202.

IV

Ἡγέλοχος οὕτω προηνέγκατο (sc. γαλήν’ ὁρῶ) ὥστε μὴ ὑποχωρῆσαι ἐκ τῆς συναλοιφῆς τὸ γαληνά, ἀλλὰ διαχωρῆσαι μᾶλλον, ὥστε δόξαι τὴν γαλῆν εἰπεῖν Sch. Ar. Ra. 305 (dub. sens.).

In the wild

ὑπεχώρησεν · hypechōrēsen Aristophanes, Frogs 788–790
ὑποχωρήσατε · hypochōrēsate Aristophanes, Peace 2 (DIORISIS sentence 390)
ὑποχωρεῖν · hypochōrein Aristotle, De Somno et Vigilia (DIORISIS sentence 76)
ὑποχωρήσαντες · hypochōrēsantes Demosthenes, Against Androtion 66 (DIORISIS sentence 241)
ὑποχωρήσαντες · hypochōrēsantes Demosthenes, Against Timocrates 173 (DIORISIS sentence 586)
ὑπεχώρησα · hypechōrēsa Demosthenes, On the Crown 136 (DIORISIS sentence 391)

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Where it came from

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