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ὑπουργ-έω

upourgeo

render service

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ὑπουργ-έω · hypourg-eō — LSJ

render service, help, assist, receive assistance

like ὑπηρετέω, render service or help to one, assist, c. dat., Hdt. 8.110, Democr. 255, PCair.Zen. 176.297 (iii B. C.), etc.; ὑ. τισὶ ἔργῳ Th. 6.88:—Pass., μὴ κάμνων ὑπὸ καμνόντων ὑ. receive assistance, Epict. Gnom.Fr. 24.

2 do, service, furnish, services done, rendered

c. acc. rei, χρηστὰ ὑ. (sc. τοῖς Ἀθηναίοισι) do them good service, Hdt. 8.143, cf. 7.38, S. Aj. 681, El. 461, Ph. 143 (lyr.), Antipho 4.3.4, Th. 7.62; τὰ δίκαια Gorg. Fr. 21; ὑ. χάριν τινί A. Pr. 635, E. Alc. 842; of a woman, τισὶ ὑ. πρὸς χάριν Anaxil. 21.2; furnish, βεβαίαν κατάληψιν Aristid.Quint. 1.3:— Pass., τὰ ὑποργημένα services done or rendered, Hdt. 9.109.

3 do, duty

abs., S. Ph. 53; τὰ τῆς κοιλίης ὑ. do their duty, Hp. Morb. 3.15.

4 assist, promote

c. dat. rei, assist or promote, τῇ καθάρσει ibid.

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Where it came from

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