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Strong's #5294 - ὑποτίθημι
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- to place under
- metaph. to supply, suggest (supply from one's own resources)
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ὑποτίθημι,
place under, ὑπὸ κύκλα ἑκάστῳ πυθμένι θῆκεν Il. 18.375; τὰ φρύγαν' ὑ. puts the firewood under, Telecl. 40; θεοῦ βάσεις ὑποτιθέντος putting legs or feet under them, Pl. Ti. 92a, cf. Arist. PA 686a34; σιδηρᾶς κανονίδας ὑ. Ph. Bel. 57.11, cf. 60.31, al.; ὑπὸ ποταμοὺς πολλοὺς.. πόλιν ὑ. Pl. Lg. 682c; κύλικα ὑπὸ τὴν κλίνην IG 12(5).593.21 (Iulis, v B. C.); ὀχετὸν ἐκποιήσαντι καὶ ὑποθέντι ib. 12.373.66; [φοίνικας] ὑ. X. Cyr. 7.5.12; ἀλεκτορίδι ὑ. τὰ ᾠά Arist. HA 564b3; ἑαυτὴν [τῷ ἄρρενι] ib. 540a11; ὑ. [τι] ὑπὸ τὸν ὀφθαλμόν Id. Pr. 874a9; of a prancing horse, ὑ. τὰ ὀπίσθια σκέλη ὑπὸ τὰ ἐμπρόσθια X. Eq. 11.2; τὰ ὄπισθεν σκέλη διὰ πολλοῦ ὑ. bring up his hind legs far apart from one another, ib. 1.14; κατακλίνεται [ὁ λαγὼς] ὑποθεὶς τὰ ὑποκώλια ὑπὸ τὰς λαγόνας Id. Cyn. 5.10: metaph., ὑποχειρίους τοῖς ἐχθροῖς ὑ. τὰς αὑτῶν πατρίδας Pl. Plt. 308a; ἔστε ὑπέθηκε Ἀΐδᾳ until he handed him over to Hades, of a hound attacking a boar, PCair.Zen. 532.11 (iii B. C.): — Med., place under one's feet, τι X. Cyr. 8.1.41; τοὺς μηροὺς ὑφ' αὑτά Arist. IA 713a23.
2. place under a certain class, γεωργικῇ, θηρευτικῇ, etc., Pl. Plt. 289a. subjoin, enclose, append a document, ὑποτέθεικά σοι τὸ ἀντίγραφον PLille 4.2 (iii B. C.), cf. Sammelb. 5675.2 (ii B. C.), etc.: so in Med., PLond. 3.921.10 (ii/iii A. D.).
II set before one, offer, suggest, τὴν ἐν φίλοις δικαιοτάτην ὑπόθεσιν ἔχω ὑποτιθέναι X. Cyr. 5.5.13; hold out hope, ὑποτιθεῖς τίν' ἐλπίδα; E. Or. 1186, cf. X. HG 4.8.28, D. 23.58, Plu. 2.256a, Lys. 23, Aristid. 1.379 J.; τοῦ Ἑλληνικοῦ ἐλπίδα ἣν ὑπετίθει αὐτῷ δουλώσειν Th. 1.138; ἡ εὐπραγία ὑ. ἰσχὺν τῆς ἐλπίδος Id. 4.65; ὑπέθηκας ὀρθῶς τοὺς λόγους, i. e. you have given good advice, E. IA 507; τὸν ὑποθέντα τὰς τέχνας γυναιξὶ τόνδε he who proposed these tricks to the women, Id. Ba. 675: — earlier in Med., suggest, βουλὴν Ἀργείοις ὑποθησόμεθ' ἥ τις ὀνήσει Il. 8.36; ὄφρα οἱ ἤ τι ἔπος ὑποθήσεαι ἠέ τι ἔργον Od. 4.163, cf. Il. 11.788; δόλον ὑπεθήκατο Hes. Th. 175; ἄλλα μὲν αὐτὸς ἐνὶ φρεσὶ σῇσι νοήσεις, ἄλλα δὲ καὶ δαίμων ὑποθήσεται Od. 3.27; Κροῖσος ταῦτά οἱ ὑπετίθετο Hdt. 1.156, cf. 3.36; ἔπεμψέ με σωτηρίην ὑποθησόμενον ὑμῖν, ἤν περ βούλησθε πείθεσθαι Id. 5.98, cf. 7.237; σμικρὸν ὑποθέσθαι τοῖς κριταῖσι βούλομαι Ar. Ec. 1154: c. dat. pers. only, advise, counsel, admonish one, Od. 2.194, 5.143, Ar. Av. 1362, Lys. 522 (anap.), Pl. Chrm. 155d: with an Adv., ἀλλά μοι εὖ ὑπόθευ Od. 15.310, cf. Hdt. 1.90; αὐτάρ τοι πυκινῶς ὑποθησόμεθ', αἴ κε πίθηαι Il. 21.293.
2. Med., in stronger sense, enjoin, ταῦτα τοῖσι ὑπολειπομένοισι ὑποθέμενος ὁ Δαρεῖος Hdt. 4.135; of a doctor, Pl. Plt. 295c; of Nestor, Id. Hp.Ma. 286b; [ Μέττιος Ῥοῦφος] τῷ στρατηγῷ περὶ τούτου ὑπέθετο POxy. 237 vi 40 (ii A. D.); gloss on ἐπιστέλλει, Sch. S. OT 106; of Pythagoras, τὴν εἰς τὸ σπονδειακὸν μεταβολὴν ὑπέθετο τῷ αὐλητῇ Iamb. VP 25.112; τοῖς ἀπὸ τοῦ νομοῦ ὑπόδειγμα τῆς ἀπειθίας ὑ. BGU 747 ii 14 (ii A. D.); δύο σκοποὺς ὑποθέσθαι τῆς φλεβοτομίας prescribe two conditions of (successful) venesection, Gal. 15.765.
3. Med., instruct, demonstrate, γραμματικόν τι ποιῆσαι ἄλλου ὑποθεμένου Arist. EN 1105a23; δεῖ ὑποθέσθαι τί λέγομεν τὸ βαρύ as a preliminary we must explain, Id. Cael. 269b20; ὑ. ὡς χρὴ μάχεσθαι Philostr. Her. 10.5; Φινεὺς.. τοῖς Ἀργοναύταις.. περὶ τῶν συμπληγάδων ὑπέθετο πετρῶν Apollod. 1.9.22; ὁ ὑποθέμενος αὐτῷ τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν Arr. Epict. 1.26.13, cf. 2.2.21; παλαισμάτων εἴδη ὁπόσα ἐστί, δηλώσει ὁ παιδοτρίβης, καιρούς τε ὑποθέμενος κτλ. Philostr. Gym. 14: c. acc. et inf., ὑ. τῷ ἐπιεικεῖ παιδὶ ῥᾴδιον πεφυκέναι κτλ. Iamb. VP 10.51.
III Med., propose to oneself as a task, πολεμιστήριον [ἵππον] ὑπεθέμεθα ὠνεῖσθαι X. Eq. 3.7; δεῖ ὑποτίθεσθαι κατ' εὐχήν, μηδὲν μέντοι ἀδύνατον Arist. Pol. 1265a17; make up one's mind, adopt as a policy, παρὰ τὸ δίκαιον τὸ ξυμφέρον λέγειν ὑπέθεσθε Th. 5.90; τοῦθ' ὑπέθετο, δεινότατον πρᾶγμα, οἶμαι, ὅπως ἐν ἐκείνῳ εἴη.. φάναι And. 1.39; ἕνα τοῦτον ὑποθέμενος τὸν σκοπόν, ἅπαντας ἡμᾶς ἀγορεύειν κακῶς Luc. Pisc. 7; πρὶν τὴν ἀρχὴν ὀρθῶς ὑποθέσθαι, μάταιον ἡγοῦμαι περὶ τῆς τελευτῆς ὁντινοῦν ποιεῖσθαι λόγον D. 3.2: — Pass., ὁ ὑποτεθεὶς σκοπός Arist. EN 1144a24.
2. propose to oneself as a subject of discussion or argument, ἀπ' ἐμαυτοῦ ἄρξωμαι καὶ τῆς ἐμαυτοῦ ὑποθέσεως, περὶ τοῦ ἑνὸς αὐτοῦ ὑποθέμενος, εἴτε ἕν ἐστιν εἴτε μή [ἕν], τί χρὴ συμβαίνειν; Pl. Prm. 137b, cf. Ti. 26a; ἵνα μὴ δοκῶ περὶ τὰ μέρη διατρίβειν, ὑπὲρ ὅλων τῶν πραγμάτων ὑποθέμενος Isoc. 4.51, cf. 12.119; ὥσπερ ὑπεθέμην Thphr. Char.Prooem. 5; περὶ ἀέρος εἰπόντες, ὥσπερ ὑπεθέμεθα Arist. Mete. 340a23, cf. Rh. 1432b5, Aeschin. 1.37, 2.102; ὑποθησόμεθα ταύτης ἀρχὴν τῆς βύβλου τὴν πρώτην διάβασιν ἐξ Ἰταλίας Ῥωμαίων Plb. 1.5.1: — Pass., οἱ ὑποτεθέντες λόγοι Pl. Lg. 812a.
Med., assume as a preliminary, ταύτην μὲν δὴ πυρὸς ἀρχὴν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων σωμάτων ὑποτιθέμεθα Id. Ti. 53d; ὑποθέμενος ἑκάστοτε λόγον.., ἃ μὲν ἄν μοι δοκῇ τούτῳ συμφωνεῖν, τίθημι ὡς ἀληθῆ ὄντα Id. Phd. 100a; οἱ περὶ τὰς γεωμετρίας.. ὑποθέμενοι.. τὰ σχήματα,.. ποιησάμενοι ὑποθέσεις αὐτά Id. R. 510c; ὑπόθεσιν Id. Phd. 101d; ὃ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ὑπετιθέμεθα Id. Chrm. 171d; ἐὰν ὡς ὂν ὑποθῇ ὃ ὑπετίθεσο Id. Prm. 136c; ὑ. περί τινος ὡς ὄντος ib. 136b, cf. 137b, Plt. 284c; ὑ. ὡς τούτου οὕτως ἔχοντος Id. R. 437a: c. acc. et inf., assume or suppose that.., Id. Phd. 100b, Prt. 339d: without inf., [ τὴν ἀρετὴν] διδακτὸν ὑ. assume it to be teachable, ib. 361b; τἀναντία οἷς ὑπεθέμην Id. Tht. 165d; ὥσπερ ὑπέθου as you began by requiring, Id. R. 346b (referring to 336d): — Pass., esp. in aor. ὑπετέθην (cf. ὑπόκειμαι 11.2), Id. Ti. 48e, 61d; τὰ ὑποτεθέντα Id. Prm. 136b; τῶν καλῶν τι ἡ σωφροσύνη ὑπετέθη was assumed to be.., Id. Chrm. 160d (referring to 159c); τοῦτο δ' ἀδύνατον, ὥστε ψεῦδος τὸ ὑποτεθέν Arist. APr. 61a31; εἰ τοῦτό τις ὑποτεθείη γινώσκειν if it were assumed that one knew this, Phld. Rh. 2.17S.
2. later, assume, suppose, estimate, παρέσομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ὡς ὑποτίθεμαι, τῇ ιζ PCair.Zen. 247.4 (iii B. C.); ὑποτιθεμένου τοῦ ποδὸς δραχμῆς the foot being reckoned at one drachma, Supp.Epigr. 4.446.14 (Didyma, iii/ii B. C.), cf. PCair.Zen. 15r. 34 (iii B. C.); τὸν χιλιάρουρον (sc. ἀμπελῶνα) ὑποτιθέμεθα ἐπὶ τὸ ἔλαττον we assess at the reduced sum, ib. 361.9 (iii B. C.); νεώτερον αὐτὸν ὑ. put him down as younger, D.H. 4.6; ταῦτα τὸν Ὅμηρον ὡς συστρατιώτην ἔφη εἰρηκέναι καὶ οὐχ ὡς ὑποτιθέμενον not as a composer of fiction, Philostr. Her. 4.4.
Act., establish as a preliminary, premise, ταῦθ' ὑποθεὶς ἐπεῖπεν ὡς.. Aeschin. 2.157; τοῦθ' ὑποθέντες ἀκούετε τῇ γνώμῃ, τί ἄν, εἴ τις ἔπασχε ταῦθ' ὑμῶν, ἐποίει after deciding in your own minds, D. 21.108; ῥυθμοὺς καὶ σχῆμα ἐλευθέριον ὑποθεῖσαι μέλος ἢ λόγον ἐναντίον ἀποδοῦναι Pl. Lg. 669c.
2. represent as ὑποκείμενον (v. ὑπόκειμαι 11.8), εἰ μή τις ἑτέραν ὑποθήσει τοῖς ἐναντίοις φύσιν Arist. Ph. 189a28; [ ἀρχὴν] ἄν τε μίαν ἄν τε πλείους Id. Metaph. 988a24. couch, present, τὴν σάρισαν Luc. DMort. 27.3.
put down as a deposit or stake, pawn, pledge, mortgage, τοῦτο τὸ ἐνέχυρον Hdt. 2.136; τὴν οἰκίαν, τὴν οὐσίαν, Isoc. 21.2, D. 28.17, 49.12; ὑπέθεσαν αὐτῷ τοῦ ταλάντου τὰς προσόδους mortgaged their revenues for the talent, Aeschin. 3.104; τῷ πατρὶ τἀνδράποδα D. 27.25; δραχμὴν ὑπόθες Diph. 73.2; ὑποθέμενοι χρυσίον IG 12.313.177; τὴν οἰκίαν πωλοῦντα καὶ ὑποτιθέντα selling and mortgaging, i.e. having full ownership of, the house, PCair.Zen. 588.1, cf. 9 (iii B. C.), PRyl. 162.28 (ii A. D.); cf. ὑποθήκη 11: — Med., of the mortgagee, lend money on pledge, D. 28.18; ὑποθέσθαι τὰ σκεύη τῆς νεώς Id. 50.55: — but the Med. is used for the Act. in later writers, Plu. Cat.Mi. 6: — for the Pass., ὑπόκειμαι is used, except in aor. 1, πόρους (revenues) ὑποκεῖσθαι αὐτοῖς τούς τε ὑποτεθέντας εἰς τὸ βουλευτήριον.. OGI 46.10 (Halic., iii B. C.), cf. AJP 56.375 (Colophon, iv B. C., Med. and Pass.); cf. τίθημι.
2. stake, hazard, venture, εἰς οἷον κίνδυνον ἔρχῃ ὑποθήσων τὴν ψυχήν Pl. Prt. 313a; τὸν ἴδιον κίνδυνον ὑποθείς at his own risk, D. 19.252; also ἑαυτὸν ἔγγυον ὑποθείς Plu. Crass. 7; τὴν ψυχὴν ταῖς τύχαις Luc. Dem.Enc. 41; τὰ σὰ τοῖς ἐκτός Arr. Epict. 2.2.12; τὸν τράχηλον ib. 4.1.77; ἑαυτὸν τῷ νόμῳ, i. e. risked the penalties of the law, Philostr. Gym. 24; οὐδὲ αὑτοὺς ταύταις ὑποθήσομεν ταῖς αἰτίαις Jul. Or. 3.112a; νομίμοις ποιναῖς ὑποθεῖναι [αὐτούς ] PMasp. 24.50 (vi A. D.); ἑαυτὸν [ὀργῇ ] Plu. Them. 24; τοῖς κινδύνοις σφᾶς αὐτούς Aristid. 1.467 J.
ὑποτίθημι: 1 aorist ὑπέθηκα; present middle participle ὑποτιθέμενος; from Homer down; to place under (cf. ὑπό, III. 1): τί, Romans 16:4 (on which see τράχηλος). Metaphorically, the middle voice, to supply, suggest (middle from one's own resources); with a dative of the person and accusative of the thing: ταῦτα, these instructions, 1 Timothy 4:6. (Often so in secular authors from Homer down.)
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ὑπο -τίθημι ,
[in LXX for H7760, etc.;]
to place under, lay down. Metaph., τ . τράχηλον ὑποθεῖναι , to risk one's life (v. Deiss., LAE, 119 f.): Romans 16:4; mid., to suggest: 1 Timothy 4:6.†
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