A.having silver underneath: hence,
I. of rocks and the like , containing silver, veined with silver, πέτρα, χθών, E.Cyc.294, Rh.970; γῆ, λόφοι, X.Vect.1.5, 4.2: metaph. of men, containing a proportion of silver, Pl.R.415c; cf. ὑποσιδηρος.
2. silver underneath, of gilded plate, “πρόσωπον ὑ. κατάχρυσον” IG12.280.76, cf. 92.60, al.; κρατὴρ ὑ. ἐπίτηκτος ib.22.1388A44; τὰ ὑ. χρυσία, of false gold coins, S.E.P.2.30, cf. Poll.7.104; “ὑπέλαβον ἑαυτοὺς εἶναι τοὺς ὑπαργύρους καὶ ὑποχρύσους θεούς, νομίσματος κεκιβδηλευμένου τὸν τρόπον” Ph.1.542.
II. sold or hired for silver, mercenary, venal, “φωνά” Pi.P.11.42; “ὑπάργυρα λέγειν” Tz.H.8.828: cf. “καταργυρόω” 11.
2. = κινάμωμον, Hsch. (prob. so called because worth its weight in silver).
