ὕπ-οπτος (upoptos)

Where it lives

Philip's Letter 1 · 7.12/10k
Second Philippic 1 · 5.01/10k
On the Navy-Boards 1 · 3.89/10k
Electra 2 · 2.65/10k
Ways and Means 1 · 2.62/10k
Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
Machabaeorum II 2 · 1.73/10k
Hiero 1 · 1.68/10k
History 24 · 1.6/10k
Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
On the Peace 1 · 1.26/10k

Densest 12 of 20 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ὕπ-οπτος · hyp-optos — LSJ

viewed with suspicion, jealousy, an object of suspicion to, suspected, suspected

viewed with suspicion or jealousy, of persons, A. Ag. 1637; opp. πιστός (trusted), Th. 3.82; c. dat., an object of suspicion to one, πόλει E. El. 644, cf. Th. 4.103, 104, etc.; ὕ. τινός suspected in relation to a thing, Plu. Pomp. 56; ἐπί τινι Luc. Cal. 29: c. inf., ὑ. αὐτοῖς μὴ προθύμως πέμψαι suspected by them of not having sent . . , Th. 6.75.

2 matter for suspicion, suspected defects

of things, τάδʼ ἦν ὕποπτα E. IT 1334; τούτων ὑπόπτων ὄντων Antipho 2.2.4, cf. Epicur. Sent. 13, Sammelb. 5761.22 (i A. D.); ὕ. ἂν γένοιτο X. Cyr. 2.4.16; ὕ. καθειστήκει c. inf., it was matter for suspicion to . . , Th. 4.78: τὰ ὕ. suspected defects, Plu. Galb. 24.

b expected, foreseen

expected, foreseen, of ague fits, ὕ. ἡμέρα, προσβολή, Ruf. Fr. 68, Dsc. 5.113.

3 under suspicion

Adv., -τως διακεῖσθαι or ἔχειν to lie under suspicion, τινι Th. 8.68, X. HG 2.3.40.

II suspecting, fearing, suspicion, jealousy, from suspicion, with suspicion

Act., suspecting, fearing, c. gen., ἁλώσεως E. Hec. 1135; πρὸς φαρμακίην ὕ. Aret. SD 1.5, etc.: τὸ ὕ. suspicion, jealousy, τὸ ὕ. τῆς γνώμης Th. 1.90, cf. Plu. Cleom. 36, Hdn. 4.1.1; τῷ ὑ. μου from suspicion of me, Th. 6.89; εἰς ὕποπτα μὴ μόλῃς ἐμοί E. El. 345. Adv., with suspicion, -τως ἀποδέχεσθαι πάντα Th. 6.53, cf. 8.66; ὑ. ἔχειν πρός τινα Isoc. 8.112, D. 19.132; περὶ τὰ προσφερόμενα Arist. Pr. 926b22.

2

of a horse, = ὑπόπτης 2, Poll. 1.197.

In the wild

ὕποπτος · hypoptos Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1637
ὑπόπτως · hypoptōs Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates 194 (DIORISIS sentence 673)
ὑπόπτως · hypoptōs Demosthenes, On the False Embassy Proof.132 (DIORISIS sentence 447)
ὕποπτος · hypoptos Demosthenes, On the Navy-Boards 37 (DIORISIS sentence 115)
ὕποπτος · hypoptos Demosthenes, Philip's Letter 14 (DIORISIS sentence 39)
ὑπόπτως · hypoptōs Demosthenes, Second Philippic 14 (DIORISIS sentence 36)

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Where it came from

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