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ὑποτάσσω

upotasso

place, arrange under, assign, inferior

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 24 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ὑποτάσσω · hypotassō — LSJ

place, arrange under, assign, inferior

place or arrange under, assign, τινί τι Plb. 3.36.7, Plu. Nic. 23, etc.; ὑ. ὑπὸ τὸ τῆς προδοσίας ὄνομα Plb. 18.15.4:—Pass., τὸ ὑποτεταγμένον (sc. ὀστέον) the inferior bone, i. e. the ulna, Hp. Off. 16.

II post in the shelter of, draw up behind

post in the shelter of, ὑποτάσσεσθαι τινι Luc. Par. 49; draw up behind, Ael. Tact. 15.1 (Pass.), Arr. Tact. 26.7.

2 subject, subdue, make subject, to be obedient, they will submit, dejectedly, timidly, subjects, subordinates, subordinate

subject, ἑαυτοὺς οὐδενί Phld. Rh. 2.204 S., cf. Plu. Pomp. 64; subdue, make subject, Θηβαΐδα OGI 654.7 (Egypt, i B. C.), cf. 199.10, al. (Adule, i A. D.); ἔθνη Hdn. 7.2.9; αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα Ep.Phil. 3.21; πάντα ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ Ep.Eph. 1.22:—Pass., to be obedient, τινι Ep.Col. 3.18, al.; ὑποτάγητε τῷ θεῷ Ep.Jac. 4.7, cf. Arr. Epict. 3.24.65; ἄγρια θηρία ὑποταγήσεται αὐτῷ Cyran. 15; ὑποτάξονται they will submit, Hdn. 2.2.8; τὸ πλῆθος -όμενον Onos. 1.17, cf. Palaeph. 38: abs., κοὐχ ὑποτᾰγεὶς ἐβάδι

3 underlie, to be implied in, associated with, underlies

Pass., c. dat., underlie, to be implied in or associated with, τὰ -τεταγμένα τοῖς φθόγγοις Epicur. Ep. 1p.4U., cf. Nat. 28p.13V.; τὰ -τεταγμένα, ἡ -τεταγμένη διάνοια, of the content or meaning which underlies a writerʼs words, Phld. Po. 5.26, 27.

III put after, subjoin, append, what follows, that follow, following, following

put after, Plu. QConv. 2.737f; subjoin, append, ὑποτετάχαμέν σοι . . τὸ ἀντίγραφον SIG 664.11 (Delos, ii B. C.), cf. POxy. 34viv 7 (ii A. D.):—Pass., τὰ -τεταγμένα what follows, OGI 629.6 (Palmyra, ii A. D.); οἱ -τεταγμένοι [ἀριθμοί] the numbers that follow, Plu. An.procr. 2.1020a, etc.; οἱ ὑποτεταγμένοι the following persons, SIG 880.11 (Pizus, iii A. D.); κῶμαι αἱ ὑποτεταγμέναι the following villages, Ptol. Geog. 6.7.27.

2 take as a minor premiss

take as a minor premiss, Arr. Epict. 4.1.61.

IV govern the subjunctive

govern the subjunctive, EM 471.16.

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