The corpus record

ὑποσκελ-ίζω

uposkelizo

trip up oneʼs heels, upset

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Where it lives

Against Conon 1 · 3.15/10k
Proverbia 2 · 1.8/10k
Psalmi 3 · 0.88/10k
Euthydemus 1 · 0.8/10k
On the Crown 1 · 0.51/10k
Jeremias 1 · 0.36/10k

What it meant

ὑποσκελ-ίζω · hyposkel-izō — LSJ

trip up oneʼs heels, upset

trip up oneʼs heels, upset, D. 54.8; ἀλλήλους Luc. Anach. 1; [οἶνος] ὑ. τοὺς πεπωκότας Eub. 94.12:—Pass., Ph. 2.39, Plu. Lib.educ. 2.6e; ὁ πρέσρυς ἐκ μέθας ὑπεσκέλισται APl. 16.307 (Leon.).

metaph., ὑ. καὶ ἀνατρέπων Pl. Euthd. 278b; ὑ. καὶ συκοφαντεῖν D. 18.138, cf. Phld. Vit. p.24 J.:—Pass., LXX Ps. 36(37).31, Ph. 2.58, al.

In the wild

ὑποσκελίσαντες · hyposkelisantes Demosthenes, Against Conon Narr.8 (DIORISIS sentence 25)
ὑποσκελίζειν · hyposkelizein Demosthenes, On the Crown 138 (DIORISIS sentence 399)
ὑποσκελίζων · hyposkelizōn Plato, Euthydemus 278
ὑποσκελισθήσονται · hyposkelisthēsontai Septuaginta, Jeremias 23
ὑποσκελισθήσεται · hyposkelisthēsetai Septuaginta, Proverbia 10 (DIORISIS sentence 130)
ὑποσκελισθήσεται · hyposkelisthēsetai Septuaginta, Proverbia 26 (DIORISIS sentence 602)

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Where it came from

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