A.“ὑποστήσω” E.El.983: aor. ὑπέστησα, Dor. “ὑπέστα_σα” Pi.O.8.26:—Causal, place or set under, ὑποστήσαντες [τῷ χαλκηΐῳ] τρεῖς κολοσσούς having set them under it, to support it, Hdt.4.152; “ὑ. προθύρῳ κίονας” Pi.O.6.1: metaph., χώραν ὑπέστα_σε ξένοις κίονα ib.8.26: without dat., τρεῖς σταυροὺς ὑπίστησι plants three piles in the lake to support a house, Hdt.5.16; “ὑ. κλῶνας” X.Cyn.10.7; “ἐρείσματα” Arist.HA625a12, etc.: metaph., γνώμας ὑποστήσας σοφάς having laid them as a foundation, having begun with them, S.Aj.1091; “ὑ. δόλον” E. l.c.; v. infr. B.1.1.
3. bring to a halt, hold up, ὑποστήσαντες (sc. τοὺς στρατιώτας）“ ἐν τῷ στενῷ οἱ στρατηγοί” Id.An.4.1.14 (v.l. ὑποστάντες, v. infr. B. 111); ὑπέστησε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ναῦν ἀντίπρῳρον τοῖς πολεμίοις stationed it, Plb. 1.50.6.
4. give substance to, cause to subsist, 'hypostatize', Plot.6.7.40, al.; treat as subsisting, “ὁ νοῦς κατὰ τὸ νοεῖν ὑφιστὰς τὸ ὄν” Id.5.1.4; “ὑφίστησι μὲν τὸ ὅλον, ὑφίσταται δὲ τὰ μέρη” Dam.Pr.271, cf. Procl. Inst.28.
II. Med. also in causal sense, mostly fut. and aor. 1, lay down, premise, “εἰ μή τι πιστὸν τῷδ᾽ ὑποστήσει στόλῳ” A.Supp. 461; “ἀρχὰς ψευδεῖς ὑποστήσασθαι” Plb.3.48.9; “ἐπειδὰν ὑποθέσεις εὐπεριλήπτους . . ὑποστήσωνται” Id.7.7.6.
3. conceive, suppose, c. acc. et inf., “τῷ -στησαμένῳ τοὺς θεοὺς . . εἶναι” Phld.D.1.17; “τοὺς θεοὺς ὑφίστανται τὸν κόσμον διοικεῖν” D.S. 1.11, cf. Heraclit.Incred.13; but the inf. is mostly omitted, “ἄφθαρτον ὑποστησάμενοι τὸν κόσμον” D.S.1.6, cf. 12, D.L.2.86:—Pass., “τοὺς θεούς, ἂν φρονοῦντες -σταθῶσιν” Phld.D.1.7.
4. set before onself as a model, τινα Isoc.5.113.
B. Pass., with aor. 2 and pf. Act. (Hom. uses only aor. 2):— stand under as a support, “ὑπεστᾶσι κολοσσοὶ . . τῇ αὐλῇ” Hdt.2.153; “τοὺς σταυροὺς τοὺς ὑπεστεῶτας τοῖσι ἰκρίοισι” Id.5.16; “τὸ ὑφεστὸς τῷ βάρει” Arist.IA708b31; v. supr. A. 1.1.
2. sink, settle, τὸ ὑπιστάμενον the milk, opp. τὸ ἐπιστάμενον (the cream), Hdt.4.2; opp. τὸ ἐπιπολάζον, Arist.Cael.311a17; of a sediment, deposit, “ἐν οὔρῳ ψαμμώδεα ὑφίσταται” Hp.Aph.4.79, cf. Arist.Mete.357b3; opp. ἐπιπλεῖν, Thphr. HP3.15.4; of the sun, set, Emp.48(cj.).
II. place oneself under an engagement, promise to do, folld. by fut. inf., “ὅσσ᾽ Ἀχιλῆϊ . . ὑπέστημεν δώσειν” Il.19.195, cf. Hdt.9.94; “θύσειν ὑπέστης παῖδα” E.IA360 (troch.), cf. Ar.V.716(anap.), Pl.Lg.751d; by aor.inf., “ὑφεστακώς μοι ἦν ὁ Διόδωρος φιλάνθρωπον δοῦναι” BGU1141.45 (i B. C.); by pres. inf., “ὑπέστησαν ποιέειν ταῦτα” Hdt.3.128; “ὑ. τὴν τάξιν ἔχειν” X.Cyr.6.3.35: the inf. is sts. omitted, ὡς . . ὑπέστην καὶ κατένευσα (sc. ἔσεσθαι) Il.4.267: abs., “ἢ ἔπος ἠέ τι ἔργον ὑποστὰς ἐξετέλεσσε” after promise given, Od. 3.99, cf. Il.21.457, Hdt.3.127, 9.34, Lys.19.19, X.An.4.1.26; ὤσπερ ὑπέστη as he promised, Th.4.39, 8.29: c. dat. pers., ὤς οἱ ὑπέστην as I promised him, Il.15.75: sts. with acc. of object (but an inf. may be supplied), “πάντα τελευτήσεις ὅσ᾽ ὑπέστης . . Πριάμῳ” 13.375; “τρίποδας φέρον, οὕς οἱ ὑπέστη” 19.243, cf. 11.244; “ἐκτελέουσιν ὑπόσχεσιν ἥνπερ ὑπέσταν” 2.286, cf. Od.10.483; ἦ ῥ᾽ ἅλιον τὸν μῦθον ὑπέστημεν . . , ἀπονέεσθαι vain was the promise we made . . , that he would return, Il.5.715.
3. c. acc. rei, submit to, consent to, ὁ τὸ ἐλάχιστον ὑπιστάμενος who offers to take the least, Hdt. 1.196; ὑ. τὸν πλοῦν undertake it unwillingly, Th.4.28; “ὑ. τὸν κίνδυνον” Id.2.61, Lys.9.7, cf. Th.4.59, Isoc.3.28; “ἀγῶνας” Th.3.57, OGI763.9 (Milet., ii B. C.); “πόνον” E.Supp.189; “βέλος” Id.HF1350; “ἔρωτα” Id.Tr.415; “ἀπεχθείας” Plu.Them.3; “πόλεμον” Plb. 1.6.7, Alciphr.3.45; πράγματα ib.61; “τὴν πρᾶξιν” Plu.Pel.8; “τὸν ἆθλον” Luc.Rh.Pr.24: also c. inf., consent, bring oneself to, “οὔ τίς με . . ὑπέστη σαῶσαι” Il.21.273; “πᾶν ἂν ὑποστὰς εἰπεῖν” D.21.114; ὑ. ἐξαπατᾶν τινα Id. 19.69: abs., submit patiently, Id.Prooem.5.1; ὑφίστασθαι συμβαίνει τὸν κερατοειδῆ the cornea yields (to pressure), Aët.7.36.
b. undertake an office, “τὴν ἀρχήν” X.An.6.1.19,31; “γυμνασιαρχίαν” IG5(1).535.12 (Sparta), cf. OGI494.6 (Milet., ii A. D.); ὑφέστη (sic) “τὴν στρατηγίαν” SIG876.6 (Smyrna, ii/iii A. D.), cf. Plu.Cam.37: also “ἐθελοντὴν ὑποστῆναι τριήραρχον” Lys.29.7; “χορηγὸς ὑπέστην” D.21.69; ἐμὲ τοῦ λόγου διάδοχον . . ὑποστάντα PlPhlb.19a; poet., “ὑπέστης αἵματος δέκτωρ” A.Eu.204: metaph., ψυχὴν Τέλητος ὑπέστης, i. e. you promised to be as brave as T., Hermipp.46 (anap.).
c. make an offer in a public auction, ἔδοξεν . . μοι μηθὲν ὑποστῆναι I decided to make no bid, commit myself to nothing, PCair.Zen.371.9 (iii B.C.), cf. PMich.Zen. 60.10 (iii B. C.); δώδεκα ἀρταβῶν ὑπέστη he undertook (to supply the produce) of 12 artabae, ib. 36.5 (iii B.C.), cf. PCair.Zen.199.4 (iii B.C.), PEleph.21.16 (iii B.C.); ὑφίστατο . . τάξεσθαι ἑκάστου πήχεως [x] PTheb. Bank 1.2 (ii B. C.); οὐ δυνόμενος ( = -άμενος）“ οὐκέτι ὑποστῆναι τὴν γεωργίαν” Sammelb.7468.11 (iii A. D.).
III. lie concealed or in ambush, Hdt.8.91, E.Andr.1114, v.l. in X.An.4.1.14; v. supr. A. 1.2, “ὑφίημι” 1.3, ὑφεῖσα.
IV. resist, withstand, c. dat., A.Pers.87 (lyr.), X.An.3.2.11, HG7.5.12: “ξυμφοραῖς ταῖς μεγίσταις ὑ.” Th.2.61, cf. E.HF1349: c. acc., Id.Cyc.200, Rh.375 (lyr.), Th.1.144, Plb.9.35.1: abs., stand one's ground, face the enemy, E.Ph.1470, Th.4.54, 8.68, Plb.4.80.5; opp. φεύγω, X.Cyr.4.2.31, Plu.Demetr.25; ὑποστα^θείς, opp. φεύγων, E.Rh.315; of clouds, opp. προωθεῖσθαι, Arist.Pr.940b36.
2. subsist, exist (cf. “ὑπόστασις” B. III), “κατ᾽ ἰδίαν ὑφεστώς” Arist.Fr.188; “ὑφέστηκε τό τε ὁρᾶν ἡμᾶς καὶ ἀκούειν ὥσπερ τὸ ἀλγεῖν” Epicur.Fr.36; “τὸ ὑφεστηκὸς τέλος” Id.Sent.22, cf. Diog.Oen.5, Arr.Epict.3.7.6; “ἐκ τοῦ μηκέτ᾽ ὄντος μηδ᾽ ὑφεστῶτος” Plu.2.829c, cf. Luc.Par.27; τὸ παρῳχημένον τοῦ χρόνου καὶ τὸ μέλλον οὐχ ὑπάρχειν ἀλλ᾽ ὑφεστηκέναι φησί (sc. Χρύσιππος) Stoic.2.165; the Stoic distinction betw. τὸ ὄν and τὸ ὑφεστός is pettifogging acc. to Gal.10.155 (= Stoic.2.115); “τὰ ὑφεστῶτα” business in hand, Plb.6.14.5.
b. ὑφεστηκότος παρὰ τῷ ταμίᾳ κατ᾽ ἰδίαν λόγου the treasurer having a special bank-account, IG12(9).236.64 (Eretria, ii B.C.); “τὸ ἥμισσυ ἀναπεμπόντω ἐπὶ τὰν δαμοσίαν τράπεζαν ἐς τὸν ὑφεστα_κότα τᾶς θεοῦ λόγον” Arch.f.Religionswiss. 10.211 (Cos, ii B.C.); ὑποστησαμένους λόγον πόλεως "τῶν . . χρημάτων" ἐγγράφεσθαι τὸ διδόμενον they shall open a municipal account (entitled) 'the . . fund' and place this gift to its credit, SIG577.13 (Milet., iii/ii B.C.).
