ὑποτείνω (upoteino1)

Where it lives

Cleitophon 1 · 6.46/10k
On the Public Fund 1 · 4.33/10k
Acharnians 1 · 1.41/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
On the Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
Timaeus 2 · 0.85/10k
Against Aristocrates 1 · 0.65/10k
Theaetetus 1 · 0.44/10k
Gorgias 1 · 0.38/10k
History 2 · 0.13/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ὑποτείνω · hypoteinō — LSJ

stretch under, put under, fixed, to strengthen, to be extended beneath

stretch under, put under, ὀθόνιον Hp. VC 14, Pl. Ti. 74a; δοκίδα ὑπὸ τὴν κλίνην Hp. Fract. 13; ἀντηρίδας . . ὑ. πρὸς τοὺς τοίχους fixed stay-beams to strengthen the shipʼs sides, Th. 7.36:—Pass., to be extended beneath, Arist. PA 695a2.

b extend under, subtend, hypotenuse, line subtending, subtend

intr., extend under, subtend, ὑπὸ τὴν μείζω γωνίαν ὑ. τὴν τοῦ τριγώνου (sc. ἡ γραμμή) Id. Mete. 376a13; ἡ τὴν ὀρθὴν γωνίαν ὑποτείνουσα (sc. γραμμή or πλευρά) the hypotenuse or line subtending the right angle, Apollod. ap. Ath. 10.418f; so ἡ ὑποτείνουσα alone, Pl. Ti. 54d, Arist. IA 709a1, 20; of a chord, subtend an arc, Euc. 3.29; ἡ τὴν ΜΝΞ περιφέρειαν ὑποτείνουσα εὐθεῖα Theodos.Tripol. Sphaer. 2.33 [2.23] Heiberg.

2 strain, pull hard, intensifies

strain, pull hard, [τοὺς κάλως] Ar. Pax 458: metaph., μεγάλας ὀδύνας ὑ. intensifies, S. Aj. 262 (anap.).

II hold out hopes, offer

hold out hopes, offer, c. inf., ὑ. τὰ ἐμπόρια συνελευθεροῦν Hdt. 7.158, cf. Th. 8.48; also ὑ. [τινὶ] μισθούς Ar. Ach. 657; ἐλπίδας, ὑποσχέσεις, D. 13.19, 23.14:—Med., D.C. 38.31.

2 lay, put before one, present, suggest, propose a question, has as its subjects

lay or put before one, present, suggest, ὑ. τοῖς λόγοις μέμψιν Paus. 7.9.4; ὑ. λόγους τινὶ τοιούτους λέγειν E. Or. 915 (tm.); ἀπάτην Plu. Tim. 10:— Med., Pl. Tht. 179e; also, propose a question, Id. Grg. 448e; τὸ προοίμιον δύο ταῦτα ὑποτείνεται has as its subjects, Steph. in Gal. 1.233 D.

In the wild

ὑποτείνων · hypoteinōn Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 498)
ὑπότεινε · hypoteine Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 348)
ὑπέτεινʼ · hypeteinʼ Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates 14 (DIORISIS sentence 30)
ὑποτείνων · hypoteinōn Demosthenes, On the Public Fund 19 (DIORISIS sentence 50)
ὑποτείνουσα · hypoteinousa Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 8.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7129)
ὑποτείνοντός · hypoteinontos Herodotus, Histories 7.158.2 (DIORISIS sentence 7976)

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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