ὑπορρέω (uporreo)

Where it lives

Enchiridion 1 · 2.02/10k
Clouds 1 · 1.04/10k
On the False Embassy 1 · 0.43/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
Laws 2 · 0.19/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

ὑπορρέω · hyporreō — LSJ

flow under, beneath

flow under or beneath, Arist. Mir. 843a21, Plu. Crass. 4, Frig. 2.949d.

2 infiltrate

infiltrate, Hp. Loc.Hom. 29.

II

metaph.,

1 slip, glide into unperceived, undermine

slip or glide into unperceived, παρανομία ἠρέμα ὑπορρεῖ πρὸς τὰ ἤθη Pl. R. 424d; λόγος τις ἅμα καὶ φήμη ὑ. πως Id. Lg. 672b; ἁμαρτία κατὰ μικρὸν -ρέουσα D. 19.228: c. dat., τἄδικον πολλαῖς ὑπερρύηκε E. Fr. 497.5: c. acc., τὴν ψυχὴν ὑ. δυσχέρειαι Plu. Def.orac. 2.437d: hence, undermine, ὑπὸ [τοῦ Φαβίου] ὑπορρέοντος ἀψοφητὶ καὶ παρεμπίπτοντος ἐνδελεχῶς ὑπερειπόμενος καὶ δαπανώμενος ἐλάνθανε [ὁ Ἀννίβας] Id. Fab. 19; ὑπέρρει αὐτὸν τὸ νόσημα Parth. 13.1; τοὺς ἐν ἁπάσῃ καθεστάναι δοκοῦντας εὐδαιμονίᾳ

2 slip away, fall off, slip away, glide on, sink to the level of, fall

slip away, ἐρείσματα ἐκ μέσου ὑπορρέοντα Pl. Lg. 793c; τό τοι καλὸν ἄνθος ὑ. v.l. for ἀπο- in Theoc. 7.121; of the hair, fall off, Luc. Ep.Sat. 24; of friends, Id. Vit.Auct. 27: of Time, slip away, glide on, ὑπορρέοντος τοῦ χρόνου Ar. Nu. 1289: of persons, ὑ. εἴς τινα sink to the level of . . , Plu. Nic. 1; ὑ. εἰς ἰδιωτισμόν fall into . . , Epict. Ench. 33.6.

In the wild

ὑπορρέοντος · hyporreontos Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 1002)
ὑπορρέουσα · hyporreousa Demosthenes, On the False Embassy Concl.228 (DIORISIS sentence 788)
ὑπορρυῇς · hyporryēis Epictetus, Enchiridion 33 (DIORISIS sentence 260)
ὑπερρύη · hyperryē Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 11.6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 1843)
ὑπορρεῖ · hyporrei Plato, Laws 672
ὑπορρέοντα · hyporreonta Plato, Laws 793

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Where it came from

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