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ὕπουλ-ος

upoulos

extending inwards, under the surface of the flesh, enclosed

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ὕπουλ-ος · hypoul-os — LSJ

extending inwards, under the surface of the flesh, enclosed, festering, purulent

extending inwards, under the surface of the flesh, enclosed, τὰ συριγγώδη καὶ ὅσα ὕ. ἐστι καὶ ἔντοσθε κεκοιλασμένα Hp. Medic. 11; ὅσα μὲν ἔχει στόμα μέγα καὶ οὐ ταχὺ συμφύεται, ταῦτα καίειν δεῖ, ὅπως ἡ ἐσχάρα ἐκεῖ πέσῃ· οὕτως γὰρ οὐκ ἔσται ὕπουλα, i.e. there will be no internal accumulation of pus, Arist. Pr. 863a12; also of the part affected, festering, purulent, σῶμα Cratin. 351, cf. Plu. Lyc. 4; ἐπιληψίαι Gal. Vict.Att. 1; σπλήν Pl. Ti. 72d.

2 with festering sores underneath, unsound, hollow, treacherous, hollow, unreal, fraught, below, false, fallacious, false, deceitful, concealed, festering within, secretly hostile, hollow, shut up, suppressed

metaph., with festering sores underneath, unsound, hollow, οἰδεῖ καὶ ὕ. ἐστιν [ἡ πόλις] Id. Grg. 518e; ὕ. τὴν ψυχὴν ποιήσει ib. 480b; ὕ. τέλμα treacherous, Plu. Rom. 18; ὕ. εὐνομία (v.l. αὐτονομία) hollow, unreal, Th. 8.64; ὕ. ἡσυχία D. 18.307; applied to the Trojan horse, S. Fr. 1105; κάλλος κακῶν ὕπουλον a fair outside, but fraught with ills below, Id. OT 1396; ὕ. μάντευμα false, fallacious, Paus. 3.7.3; φαντασίαι Gal. 7.203; λόγοι Babr. 44.4; of persons, false, deceitful, ἀνὴρ ὕ. δίκτυον κεκρ

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