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ὑπεξ-άγω [α^],
A.carry out from under or secretly, esp. out of danger into safety, “ἀλλά σε δαίμων οἴκαδ᾽ ὑπεξαγάγοι” Od.18.147; “ὑπὲκ θανάτου ἀγάγωμεν” Il.20.300:—Med., “παῖδας καὶ γυναῖκας ὑπεξαγάγωνται ἐκ τῆς Ἀττικῆς” Hdt.8.40; cf. “ὑπεκτίθεμαι” 1.
2. in Medic. sense, carry off, “κάτω ὑ.” Hp.Loc.Hom.30, cf. Aret.CA2.6; ὑ. κοιλίαν relax the bowels, Plu.2.635b; “τὰ σκύβαλα” Artem.1.67.
b. extract, “τὸ ἔμβρυον” Hp.Foet.Exsect.1.
II. “ὑ. πόδα” E.Hec.812; “ὑ. ἐμαυτόν” Luc.Nigr.18.
2. intr., withdraw, retire slowly, Hdt.4.120, X. Cyr.3.3.60.
b. of air, sound, and the like , escape, Arist.Pr. 883a5, Aud.804a19.
III. behave, εὐνοϊκῶς καὶ φιλοδόξως πρὸς “πάντας τοὺς πολίτας” BMus.Inscr.925b14 (Branchidae, i B. C.).
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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    • Euripides, Hecuba, 812
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    • Homer, Iliad, 20.300
    • Homer, Odyssey, 18.147
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