Dictionary entry

G05298

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

ὑποχωρέω

Infl. fut. ήσομαι

I. "to go back, retire, recoil", Il., Thuc.; often in part., ὑποχωρήσας φεύγει Dem.

2. c. gen. "to retire from" a place, Hdt., Xen.; ὑπ. τινὶ τοῦ θρόνου "to withdraw from" one's seat in honour of another, give it up to him, Ar.; and, ὑπ. τινι "to give way to" another, Thuc.

3. c. acc. "to avoid, shun", id=Thuc., Plat.

II. "to go on in succession", Pind.