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ὑποτείνω (A),
A.stretch under, put under, “ὀθόνιον” Hp.VC14, Pl.Ti.74a; “δοκίδα ὑπὸ τὴν κλίνην” Hp.Fract.13; ἀντηρίδας . . ὑ. πρὸς τοὺς τοίχους fixed stay-beams to strengthen the ship's sides, Th.7.36:—Pass., to be extended beneath, Arist.PA695a2.
b. intr., extend under, subtend, ὑπὸ τὴν μείζω γωνίαν ὑ. τὴν τοῦ τριγώνου (sc. ἡ γραμμή) Id.Mete.376a13; ἡ τὴν ὀρθὴν γωνίαν ὑποτείνουσα (sc. γραμμή or πλευρά) the hypotenuse or line subtending the right angle, Apollod. ap. Ath.10.418f; so ἡ ὑποτείνουσα alone, Pl.Ti.54d, Arist.IA709a1, 20; of a chord, subtend an arc, Euc.3.29; ἡ τὴν ΜΝΞ περιφέρειαν ὑποτείνουσα “εὐθεῖα” Theodos. Tripol.Sphaer.2.33 Heiberg.
2. strain, pull hard, “[τοὺς κάλως]” Ar.Pax458: metaph., “μεγάλας ὀδύνας ὑ.” intensifies, S.Aj. 262 (anap.).
II. hold out hopes, offer, c. inf., “ὑ. τὰ ἐμπόρια συνελευθεροῦν” Hdt.7.158, cf. Th.8.48; also “ὑ. [τινὶ] μισθούς” Ar.Ach.657; ἐλπίδας, ὑποσχέσεις, D.13.19, 23.14:—Med., D.C.38.31.
2. lay or put before one, present, suggest, “ὑ. τοῖς λόγοις μέμψιν” Paus.7.9.4; “ὑ. λόγους τινὶ τοιούτους λέγειν” E.Or.915 (tm.); “ἀπάτην” Plu.Tim.10:— Med., Pl.Tht.179e; also, propose a question, Id.Grg.448e; “τὸ προοίμιον δύο ταῦτα ὑποτείνεται” has as its subjects, Steph. in Gal.1.233 D.
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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