ὑπογρᾰφ-ή (upographe)

Where it lives

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Athenian Constitution 1 · 0.61/10k
Theaetetus 1 · 0.44/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3 · 0.28/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

ὑπογρᾰφ-ή · hypograph-ē — LSJ

written accusation

written accusation, Pl. Tht. 172e (but perh. in signf. ΙΙ.2), IG 9(2).522.20 (Larissa, iii/ii B. C., dub. sens.); cf. ὑπογράφω 1.2.

b

in Egypt, an unknown form of legal procedure before a court, PEnteux. 50.8 (iii B. C.), PPetr. 2p.55 (iii B. C.).

c decision, including a record of the legal proceedings

decision of an official on a petition handed to him, PTeb. 45.28 (ii B. C.); of a court (perh. orig. so called because written below a petition), including a record of the legal proceedings, UPZ 118.1, 162 vii 33, ix 24 (ii B. C.), BGU 1759.4, 1827.12 (i B. C.).

2 admission of liability in writing

admission of liability in writing. IG 12(7).3.35 (Amorgos, iv B. C.), Mél.Navarre 357 (Thespiae), PEnteux. 35.7 (iii B. C.).

3 copy

copy, Phld. Acad.Ind. p.6 M. (pl.).

4 entering

entering of horses at the Olympic games, D.S. 13.74 codd. (ἀπογρ-Schaefer).

5

pl., = Lat. commentarii, App. Pun. 136, BC 4.132.

II outline, contour, traces, prints

outline, contour, Arist. GA 764b30; τενόντων ὑπογραφαί traces of feet, foot-prints, A. Ch. 209.

2 plan, diagram, outline, sketch, general description

architectʼs plan, SIG 1156 (Priene, iii/ii B. C.); diagram, Ascl. Tact. 11.7: metaph., outline, sketch, general description, opp. τελεωτάτη ἀπεργασία, Pl. R. 504d, cf. 548d, Lg. 737d; θεωρείσθω ἐκ τῆς ὑ. Arist. Int. 22a22, Mete. 346a32, HA 510a30: Medic., as Empiric t.t., Gal. 8.720.

3 description, general illustration

in Logic, description, general illustration, opp. definition, Stoic. 2.75.

4 example, illustration

example, illustration, ὑπογραφῆς ἕνεκα Ael. Tact. 8.3.

III painting under

painting under of the eyelids, X. Cyr. 1.3.2, Nicostr. ap. Stob. 4.23.62; cf. ὑπόγραμμα II, ὑπογράφω V, ὑποχρίω.

In the wild

ὑπογραφαὶ · hypographai Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 209–210
ὑπογραφήν · hypographēn Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..4 (DIORISIS sentence 54)
ὑπογραφὴ · hypographē Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5883)
Ὑπογραφὴ · Hypographē Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.7 (DIORISIS sentence 7007)
ὑπογραφὴν · hypographēn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 8.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7347)
ὑπογραφὴν · hypographēn Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 3.11.1 (DIORISIS sentence 283)

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Where it came from

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