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ὑποπτήσσω

upoptesso

crouch, cower beneath, cowers

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Where it lives

Prometheus Bound 2 · 3.4/10k
Helen 1 · 1.02/10k
Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k
Cyropaedia 3 · 0.38/10k

What it meant

ὑποπτήσσω · hypoptēssō — LSJ

crouch, cower beneath, cowers

crouch or cower beneath, like hares, birds, etc., πετάλοις ὑποπεπτηῶτες (Ep. pf. part. from shorter stem πτη-, cf. κατα-, προσ-πτήσσω) Il. 2.312; ὑποπτήξας τάφῳ E. Hel. 1203; ὑπέπτηχε cowers, Luc. Musc.Enc. 4.

II crouch before, bow down to, to be modest, shy

metaph., crouch before another, bow down to, τινι X. Cyr. 1.5.1; also ὑ. τοὺς νέους θεούς A. Pr. 960, cf. 29, X. Cyr. 1.6.8; τὸ τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἀξίωμα Aeschin. 2.105: abs., to be modest or shy, X. Cyr. 1.3.8.

In the wild

ὑποπτήσσων · hypoptēssōn Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 29–30
ὑποπτήσσειν · hypoptēssein Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 959–960
ὑποπτήξας · hypoptēxas Euripides, Helen (DIORISIS sentence 794)
ὑποπτήξας · hypoptēxas Euripides, Orestes (DIORISIS sentence 545)
ὑποπτήσσων · hypoptēssōn Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.3.8 (DIORISIS sentence 151)
ὑπέπτησσον · hypeptēsson Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.5.1 (DIORISIS sentence 408)

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Where it came from

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