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ὑπόσχεσις

uposchesis · ἡ

undertaking, engagement, promise

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Where it lives

Against the Sophists 2 · 15.09/10k
Second Philippic 2 · 10.02/10k
Antidosis 9 · 5.11/10k
On Halonnesus 1 · 4.11/10k
On the False Embassy 8 · 3.48/10k
First Philippic 1 · 3.05/10k
For Phormio 1 · 2.55/10k
Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Against Aristocrates 3 · 1.96/10k
Against Androtion 1 · 1.83/10k
Machabaeorum IV 1 · 1.3/10k
Symposium 1 · 1.05/10k

Densest 12 of 25 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ὑπόσχεσ-ις · hyposches-is — LSJ

undertaking, engagement, promise, a promise, their, its, engagement

undertaking, engagement, promise, οὐδέ τοι ἐκτελέουσιν ὑπόσχεσιν ἥν περ ὑπέσταν Il. 2.286; τέλεσόν μοι ὑ. ἥν περ ὑπέστης Od. 10.483; τὴν ὑ. ἐκτελέσαι Hdt. 5.35; κραίνειν A. Supp. 368; ἀποδιδόναι Isoc. 15.75, cf. Pl. Men. 77a; ὑ. ἀπολαβεῖν to receive the fulfilment of a promise, X. Smp. 3.3; ἀπαιτεῖν τὰς ὑ. to demand their fulfilment, Arist. EN 1164a17; ὑ. ψεύσασθαι to fail in its performance, Aeschin. 1.143; μεγάλας ποιεῖσθαι τὰς ὑ. Isoc. 4.14; ἡ ὑ. ἀπέβη was accomplished, Th. 4.39; δύο ὑποσχέσε

II promise, contract

promise to pay, ὀκτὼ δραχμῶν PCair.Zen. 736.25 (iii B. C.), cf. POxy. 91.11 (ii A. D.); contract to execute work, farm land, etc., ib. 1117.6 (ii A. D.), PTeb. 10.7 (ii B. C.).

III profession

profession of principles, Luc. Pisc. 31.

In the wild

ὑπόσχεσιν · hyposchesin Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 368–369
ὑποσχέσεις · hyposcheseis Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1164a (DIORISIS sentence 3093)
ὑποσχέσεσιν · hyposchesesin Demosthenes, Against Androtion 48 (DIORISIS sentence 182)
ὑποσχέσει · hyposchesei Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates 144 (DIORISIS sentence 513)
ὑποσχέσεων · hyposcheseōn Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates 14 (DIORISIS sentence 30)
ὑποσχέσεως · hyposcheseōs Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates 156 (DIORISIS sentence 551)

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