LOGOI

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ὑπτι-όω

uptioo

to be turned on oneʼs back

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What it meant

ὑπτι-όω · hypti-oō — LSJ

to be turned on oneʼs back, turned downside up, to be upset, to be laid back

to be turned on oneʼs back, ὑπτιωθέντος [τοῦ βρέφους] Sor. 1.100, cf. 106; to be turned downside up, to be upset, ὑπτιοῦτο σκάφη νεῶν A. Pers. 418; of leaves, to be laid back, Dsc. 4.88.

2 slope gently upwards

of land, slope gently upwards, λόφος . . ὑπτιούμενος ἐπὶ τὴν κορυφὴν ἄκραν J. AJ 15.11.3.

3 to be sluggish

metaph. of the appetite (cf. ὑπτιασμός II), to be sluggish, ὄρεξιν . . ὑπτιωμένην ἀνεγεῖραι Gal. 14.302; -οῦσθαι τὸν στόμαχον Archig. ap. Gal. 13.140, cf. Sor. 1.50.

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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