Dictionary entry

G05254

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

ὑπέχω

Infl. fut. ὑφ-έξω

Infl. aor2 ὑπέσχον

Infl. poet. ὑπέσχεθον

I. "to hold or put under", ὑποσχὼν θηλέας ἵππους (cf. Virgil "supposita de matre)", Il.: "to hold out the hand to receive" something, id=Il., Dem.: "to hold" a cup "under" another vessel, while something is poured into it, Hdt., Ar.; ὑπ. μαστόν, of the mother giving suck, Eur.

2. "to supply, afford, furnish", Pind.; ὑπ. τινί [φόβον] "to occasion" him fear, Thuc.:— ὑπ. ἑαυτόν "submit" oneself to another, Xen., Plat.

II. "to uphold, support", c. acc., Hdt.

2. Lat. sustinere, to undergo, be subject to, suffer, Soph., Eur.; ὑπ. δίκην τινός "to have to give" an account of a thing, Hdt., attic; ὑπ. δίκην "to undergo" a trial, Thuc.; ὑπ. λόγον τινί "to render" account to another, Plat., Xen., etc.

3. "to sustain, maintain", λόγον an argument, Arist.