Dictionary entry

G05225

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

ὑπάρχω

Infl. fut. ξω

Infl. aor1 ὑπῆρξα

Infl. Pass., perf. ὕπηργμαι

Infl. ionic -αργμαι

I. "to begin, make a beginning", absol., Od., Eur., etc.

2. c. gen. "to make a beginning of", ἀδικίης Hdt.; πολλῶν κακῶν Eur., etc.

3. c. part "to begin" doing, ὑπῆρξαν ἄδικα ποιεῦντες Hdt.; ὑπάρχει εὖ ποιῶν τινα Xen.

4. c. acc., ὑπ. εὐεργεσίας εἴς τινα or τινι "to begin" [doing] kindnesses to one, Dem., Aeschin.:—Pass. "to be begun", τὰ ἔκ τινος ὑπαργμένα (ionic for ὑπηργ-) Hdt.:—impers., ὑπῆρκτο αὐτοῦ "a beginning" of it "had been made", Thuc.

B. "to begin to be, come into being, arise, spring up", Aesch., etc.

2. "to be in existence, to be there, to be ready", Hdt., attic;—c. gen., ὑπάρχει τῶνδε "there is store" of these things, Aesch.:—oft. in part., ἡ ὑπάρχουσα οὐσία the "existing" property, Isocr.; τὰ ὑπ. ἁμαρτήματα Thuc.; τῆς ὑπ. τιμῆς for the "current" price, Dem.

3. simply "to be", Trag., Thuc., etc.

4. sometimes with a part., much like τυγχάνω, τοιαῦτα [αὐτῷ] ὑπῆρχε ἐόντα Hdt.; ὑπ. ἐχθρὸς ὤν Dem.

II. like ὑπόκειμαι II. 2, "to be laid down, to be taken for granted", Plat.; τούτων ὑπαρχόντων = "quae cum ita sint", id=Plat.

III. "to belong to, fall to" one, "accrue", ὑπάρχει τινί τι one has, Hdt., Thuc.; ἡ ὑπάρχουσα φύσις your "own proper" nature, its "normal" condition, Thuc.

2. of persons, ὑπ. τινί "to be devoted to" one, Xen., Dem.; καθ᾽ ὑμῶν ὑπάρξει ἐκείνῳ "he will be on" his "side" against you, Dem.

IV. often in neut. pl. part., τὰ ὑπάρχοντα,

1. "existing circumstances, present advantages", Thuc., Xen., etc.

2. "what belongs to one, one's possessions, means", Thuc., etc.

V. impers., ὑπάρχει, "the fact is that..", c. acc. et inf., Soph.

2. "it is allowed, it is possible", c. dat. et inf., ὑπ. μοι εἶναι or ποιεῖν τι Thuc., Plat.:— absol., ὥσπερ ὑπῆρχε as well as "was possible", Thuc.

3. in neut. part., like ἐξόν, παρόν, etc., ὑπάρχον ὑμῖν πολεμεῖν "since it is allowed" you to make war, id=Thuc.