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ὑπ-οψία

upopsia · ἡ

suspicion, ill-feeling

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Where it lives

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What it meant

ὑπ-οψία · hyp-opsia — LSJ

I suspicion, ill-feeling, suspicion

of the subject, suspicion, ill-feeling, ὑποψίην ἔς τινα ἔχειν Hdt. 3.52, cf. Th. 4.27, And. 1.68; τὰ ἴχνη τῆς ὑ. φέροντα εἴς τινα Antipho 2.3.10; μεστὸς ὑποψίας Lys. 1.17; ὑ. πρός τινα D. 48.18, Plu. Cic. 43; ὑ. λαμβάνειν κατά τινος D. 29.24; αἱ τῶν μετεώρων ὑ. Epicur. Sent. 11; τὸ σκότος ἐν ὑποψίᾳ ποιούμενος Aeschin. 1.10; ἐν ὑποψίαις, διʼ ὑποψίας ἔχειν τινά, Plu. Pyrrh. 23, Cat.Ma. 23; ὑ. γίγνεται, εἰσῆλθέν τινι, Th. 2.13, Pl. Ly. 218c; ἐς ὑ. καθιστάναι τινά to bring him into suspicion, Th. 5.

2 suspicion, suspicions, suspects, glimpse

of the object, ὑ. εἶχον were regarded with suspicion, Hdt. 9.99; πολλὰς ἔχει ὑ. admits of suspicions, Pl. Phd. 84c; ὑ. ἐνδιδόναι ὡς . . Id. Lg. 887e; ὑ. παρέχειν Th. 1.132, cf. Phld. Piet. 111; ὑ. παρέχειν μὴ εἶναί τι Pl. Mx. 247e: Astron., ἡ πρώτη ὑ. the first time the observer suspects he has been a star rising, the first glimpse, Ptol. Alm. 8.6.

b apprehension

apprehension, ὁ κατὰ τὴν ὑ. φόβος Epicur. Sent. 34; φόβος καὶ ὑ. Polystr. p.7 W.; αἱ τῶν μετεώρων ὑ. καὶ αἱ περὶ θανάτου Epicur. Sent. 11.

II jealous, censorious watch

jealous, censorious watch, ἡ πρὸς ἀλλήλους τῶν ἐπιτηδευμάτων ὑ. Th. 2.37.

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