A.undergird, “τοὺς ἵππους ῥυτῆρσι” Plu.Eum.11; “ὑ. τινὰ τοῖς ποσσίν” AP12.222 (Strat.); ὁ ὑπεζωκὼς τὰς πλευράς (sc. ὑμήν), or abs. ὁ ὑπεζωκώς, the pleura, Alex.Aphr.Pr.1.53, Gal.2.591 (ὑμήν is expressed in Diocl.Fr. 64, Antyll. ap. Orib.44.23.45, Orac.Chald. ap. Dam.Pr.265); ὑπεζωκότες foetal membranes, Sor.1.58; lining of the intestines, Orib.Fr. 58:—Pass., esp. in pf. part., ζειρὰς ὑπεζωμένοι (v.l. -ζωσμ-) girt with ζειραί (q. v.), Hdt.7.69; “ὑπεζωσμένοι ἱμάντας” Plu.Rom.26: abs., ὑπεζωμέναι （οι) girt up, Hdt.2.85 (with vv. ll.):—esp.,
II. brace a ship, so as to make her seaworthy (cf. “ὑπόζωμα” 11), IG l. c., Plb. l. c., Act.Ap.27.17; “ὑπέζωται” IG22.1621.68.
