A.under a truce or treaty, secured by treaty, “ὑπόσπονδοί τε ἔφασαν εἶναι ἕτοιμοι . . ἐκχωρὴσαι ἐκ τῆς νήσου” Hdt.3.144; “ὑ. ἐξέρχονται ἐκ τῆς χώρης” Id.5.72, cf. 126; “κατελθεῖν ἐπὶ τὰ ἑωυτοῦ ὑ.” Id.6.103, cf. E.Ph.81; “ὑ. ἀφιέναι τοὺς ἀφεστῶτας” X.HG1.2.18, cf. 2.2.1; “τὴν Ταυρικὴν ὑ. λαβών” IPE2.423 (Tanais): esp. in phrases of taking up the dead from a field of battle, τοὺς νεκροὺς ὑ. ἀποδοῦναι to allow a truce for taking up the dead, Th.1.63, 6.103, X.HG2.4.19; τοὺς νεκροὺς ὑ. κομίσασθαι, ἀνελέσθαι, etc., to demand a truce for so doing, which was an acknowledgement of defeat, Th. 2.79, 4.44, etc.
ὑπόσπονδος , ον, (σπονδή)