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ὑπα^γωγ-ή , ἡ,
A.leading on gradually, “τοῦ κυνηγεσίου” X.Cyn.6.12; leading on artfully, D.19.322 (v.l. ἐπ-, pl.), Poll.4.50, Phot.
2. Gramm., introduction, use of a form, A.D. Synt.206.19.
II. clearing out or purging of the body downwards, “κοιλίας” Dsc.3.25; “γαστρός” Gal.6.278, al.
III. (ὑπάγω intr.) retreat, withdrawal, Th.3.97; retreat or haven for ships, Phot.
2. sinking down, squatting (cf. “ὑπάγω” B. IV), “ἐξ ὑπαγωγῆς” Arist.HA578b7.
IV. irrigation-channel, Sammelb.5126.25 (iii A.D.).
V. bringing down of a bandage, Sor.Fasc.32.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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    • Demosthenes, On the False Embassy, 322
    • Thucydides, Histories, 3.97
    • Xenophon, On Hunting, 6.12
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