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ὑποφέρω , fut.
A.“ὑποίσω” S.El.834 (lyr.), Phld.Lib.p.28 O.: aor. “ὑπήνεγκον” Arist.Pol.1267a27, Ep. “ὑπήνεικα” Il.5.885:—carry away under, esp. bear out of danger, “ἀλλά μ᾽ ὑπήνεικαν ταχέες πόδες” Il. l.c.:—Pass., to be taken from under, “ἐὰν [τὸ ὑποκείμενον] ὑποφέρηται” Arist.IA705a9.
2. bring close together, τὰ ὀπίσθια σκέλη (sc. ἐπὶ τὰ ἔμπροσθεν) Id.HA604b1.
II. bear or carry by being under, bear a burden, τὰ ὅπλα, of an armour-bearer, X.Cyr.4.5.57; “τῶν τὰ σημεῖα δοράτων ὑποφερόντων” Plu.Sull.7:—Pass., to be supported, “τοῖς σκέλεσι” Arist.Pr. 882b29.
2. metaph., endure, submit to, “πόνους καὶ κινδύνους” Isoc. 3.64, cf. X.Eq.Mag.1.3; “κινδύνους καὶ φόβους” Pl.Tht.173a; “ῥαθύμως ὀργήν” Id.Lg.879c; “τὸν τῶν ὁμιλητικῶν τρόπον” Isoc.1.30; “γῆρας καὶ πενίαν” Aeschin.1.88（v.l. ἀμύνεσθαι）“; εἰσφοράς” X.Oec.2.6; “ἀναλώματα” D.59.42; “πόλεμον ὑπενεγκεῖν” Arist.Pol.1267a27; “ὑ. παρρησίαν” Phld. Lib.p.62 O.; “ἀδικίας” Sammelb.5238.22 (i A. D.); “τὰ φυτὰ . . ἀνέμων ἐμβολὰς ὑ.” Sor.1.96; οὐ γὰρ αὐτὸς ὑποφέρω κίνησιν I do not trouble to move, PFlor.362.10 (ii A. D.).
III. bear or carry behind, “δίφρους τινί” Ael.VH4.22.
2. subjoin, add in speaking, D.H.7.16, Longin. 16.4.
IV. hold out, present, “δᾷδα” Plu.Publ.23; “τὰ σεσιδηρωμένα μέρη ταῖς πληγαῖς” Id.Cam.41; πληγὰς ὑ. inflict them, Id.Eum.7; οὐκ ὀλίγην βλάβην ὑποφέρει με ( = μοι̣) inflicts, POxy.488.19 (ii/iii A. D.).
2. metaph., hold out, suggest, proffer, “εἰ τῶν . . οἰχομένων . . ἐλπίδ᾽ ὑποίσεις” S.El.834 (lyr.); ὑπέφερον τοὺς μῆνας proposed the (holy) months, i.e. a truce, X.HG4.7.2; σπονδὰς ἀδίκως ὑποφερομένας ibid.
b. ὑποφέρονται γραμμαί τινες αἱματώδεις there are suggestions of lines (in the foetus), Ath.Med. ap. Orib.22.9.1.
V. carry down, of a river, Plu.2.325a, Poll.1.111; “κοιλίη ὑποφέρει χολώδεα” Aret.SA2.4; cause to slip or fall, Plu.2.459b, Poll.1.187:—Pass., to be borne down, “τοῖς ποταμοῖς” Plu.Alex.63; slip down, “κατὰ κρημνῶν” Id.Mar.23; of the legs, give way under a person, Hp. Int.36.
2. metaph., bring down in numbers, App.BC5.6; in Pass., decline gradually, of consumptive people, Hp.Epid.1.2; ὀρθοστάδην ὑ. ib.3.13, 17.“ιγ́; εἰς πενίαν” App.BC2.2; “πόλις ὑποφερομένη πταίσμασι” Plu.Comp.Per.Fab.1; στάσιν ὑποφερομένην ἀνακαλεῖσθαι to revive an expiring faction, Id.Sert.4, cf. Lyc.2; of festivals, fall after their due time, Id.Caes.59.
VI. bring to a certain point, “ὑ. τινὰ εἰς διόρθωσιν” Id.Lyc.25:—Pass., to be carried away, “ὑ. εἰς ὕβριν” Id.Alc.18; “πρὸς τὸ κομπῶδες” Id.Alex.23.
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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