Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.“ὑφέξω” S.OT552, etc.: aor. ὑπέσχον, poet. also ὑπέσχεθον, Aeol. inf. “ὐποσκέθην” IG12(2).526 A40 (Eresus, iv B. C.):—hold under,

a. put a mare under or to a horse, “ὑποσχὼν θήλεας ἵππους” Il.5.269.

b. of holding out the hand to receive something, “ὑπέσχεθε χεῖρα” 7.188; προτείνειν καὶ ὑ. [τὴν χεῖρα], to receive bribes, D.19.255; “ὑ. χρυσίῳ τὴν χεῖρα” Men.309: prov. of a greedy person, “ὑ. τὴν χεῖρα ἀποθνήσκων” Diogenian.3.12.

c. ῥημάτων ὑ. οὖας lend an attentive ear, Simon.37.14; “σὺ δὲ μείλιχον οὖας ὑπόσχες” Procl.H.7.52; “ὑ. τὰ ὦτά τινι” Aristid.2.230 J., etc.

d. hold a cup under another vessel, while something is poured into it, Hdt.2.151, Ar.Ach.1063, Pax431, cf. 909: also intr., ὑ. κρουνοῖς stand under shower baths, Antyll. ap. Orib.10.3.10.

e. put under, like wax under a seal, “τι ταῖς αἰσθήσεσι” Pl.Tht.191d.

f. ὑ. μαστόν, of mother or nurse giving suck, E.Ion1372; “νηπίοις θηλὴν ὑ.” Plu.Rom.21.

2. supply, afford, furnish, “νεφέλην” A.Fr.199.7 (ὑπερς χών Casaubon); “πλοῦτος ὑ. μέριμναν” Pi.O.2.54; “πάντα” Ar.Lys.841; ὑ. τὸ αὐτὸ τοῖς ἐναντίοις (sc. fear) Th.7.21; ὑ. ἑαυτόν submit oneself to another, so as to be at his disposal or follow his advice, X.Cyr.7.5.44, v.l. in Pl.R.399b: also c. inf., ὑπόσχες Σωκράτει ἐξελέγξαι allow Socrates to examine you, Id.Grg.497b.

II. uphold, support, “τοὺς ὤμους” Hdt.4.72.

2. undergo, suffer, “τήνδ᾽ ἄτην” S.Tr.1274 (anap.); “ζημίαν” E.Ion1308; “κακόν” Ar.Th.196; τιμωρίαν τινός for a thing, Th.6.81, Aeschin.3.221, Lycurg.91, cf. Pl.Lg.716b; “πυρὸς αἰωνίου δίκην” Ep.Jud.7; “κόλασιν” Plu.2.198d, etc.; also τούτων τὰς αἰτίας to be subject to accusation for . . , Antipho 5.67; “τούτων . . οὐκ ἂν δικαίως τὴν αἰτίαν ὑπέχοιμι” Pl.Ap.33b; “ψόγον ἀμουσίας ὑ.” Id.R. 403c.

3. in law-phrases, ὑ. δίκας [τινός] to have to give an account of a thing, or suffer a penalty, Hdt.2.118; “δίκην ὑπόσχες αἵματος . . Εὐμενίσι” E.Or.1649; “ὑ. φόνου δίκας” Pl.Lg.872c (poet. also φόνον μητρὸς ὑφέξω in the same sense, E.El.1318 (anap.)); “δίκην ὑ. τῶν πεπραγμένων” D.19.95; “ὑφέξειν τὴν δίκην” S.OT552; “ὑφέξω τοῖς κακίοσιν δίκην” E.Hec.1253; “ὑ. τῇ πόλει δίκην” Pl.Phd.99a; τοιάνδε δίκην ὑφέξειν undergo such a trial, Th.3.53, cf. IG12(2) l.c.; τοῖς χρήμασι τὰς σίκας ὑ. to have to pay the penalty with one's property, Isoc.20.17; ὑ. δίκας, ἐὰν . . D.23.77; “ὑ. κρίσιν περὶ ὧν ἄν τις ἐγκαλῇ” Id.21.125:— ὑ. καὶ λαμβάνειν τὸ δίκαιον ἐπὶ τῶν χρηματιστῶν, i.e. to have the right of suing or being sued, PTeb.5.213, al. (ii B. C.); “λαμβάνω ἐγὼ καὶ ὑπέχω τὸ δίκαιον ὑπὲρ τοῦ Πολυκλείτου” PEnteux.8.6 (iii B.C.); ἐπαναγκάσαι αὐτὸν τὸ δίκαιον ἡμῖν ὑποσχεῖν ib.59.11 (iii B. C.).

b. ἐμοὶ λόγον ὑποσχέτω let him render account to me, Pl.Prt.338d; “οὐδενὶ θέλων ὑπέχειν λόγον” X.Mem.4.4.9; “ὑ. τῇ πόλει περὶ τοῦ βίου λόγον” And.4.37; ὑ. εὐθύνας [ἀρχῆς] Lys . . 24.26, cf. 9.11, 30.3.

4. sustain, maintain, λόγον an argument, Arist.Rh.1354a5, Metaph.1011a22, al.; “ὑπόθεσιν” Id.Top.158a31; θέσιν καὶ ὁρισμόν ib.160b14. (For the Med., v. ὑπισχνέομαι.）