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ὑποδέω

upodeo

bind, fasten under, underbind

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What it meant

ὑποδέω · hypodeō — LSJ

bind, fasten under

bind or fasten under, ἁμαξίδας ὑ. τῇσι οὐρῇσι, of long-tailed sheep, Hdt. 3.113.

II underbind, shoe, bind under oneʼs feet, put on shoes, as I was putting on my shoes

esp. underbind the feet, i.e. shoe, because the ancient sandals or shoes were bound on with straps, [καμήλους] ὑ. καρβατίναις Arist. HA 499a29, cf. Plu. Pomp. 24, Paus. 10.25.4; so Cobet restores ὑποδῶν τὰ μὲν ὁπλαῖς, for ὑπὸ ποδῶν, in Pl. Prt. 321b:—mostly in Med., bind under oneʼs feet, put on shoes, Ar. Av. 492 (anap.), Pl. Smp. 220b; ὑποδουμένη as I was putting on my shoes, Ar. Ec. 36, cf. Thphr. Char. 10.14; ὑποδεῖται, for the purpose of going away, Pherecr. 153.4 (hex.); οἱ ἔμπαλιν ὑποδούμ

III

in Med. and Pass., also, c. acc.,

1 with, on oneʼs feet, with their shoes on

of that which one puts on, κοθόρνους ὑποδέεσθαι Hdt. 1.155, cf. 6.125; ὑπόδημα ib. 1; τὰς Λακωνικάς Ar. Ec. 269; Σκυθίκαις (Aeol. accus.) Alc. 103; τὰς ἐμβάδας Eub. 30, cf. Theopomp.Com. 52; τὰ σανδάλια Act.Ap. 12.8; cf. ὑποδύω II.1 b:—so in pf. Pass., ὑποδήματα, βλαύτας ὑποδεδεμένος, with shoes, slippers on oneʼs feet, Pl. Grg. 490e, Smp. 174a; ἁπλᾶς ὑποδέδενται D. 54.34: abs., ὑποδεδεμένοι ἐκοιμῶντο with their shoes on, X. An. 4.5.14; ὥσπερ ὑποδεδ. Arist. PA 687a28.

2 with, shod

of the foot, ὑποδεδεμένοι τὸν ἀριστερὸν πόδα with the left foot shod, Th. 3.22, cf. Arist. Fr. 74; θάτερον [πόδα] σανδάλῳ ὑποδεδ. Luc. Hist.Conscr. 22, cf. Ael. VH 1.18; ὑποδησάμενοι τοὺς πόδας ἐν ἑτοιμασίᾳ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου Ep.Eph. 6.15.

IV

ὑποδῆσαι· ἐνεχυρασθῆναι, Ἰταλιῶται, Hsch.

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