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ὑπάρχω 1 2 3 4

I.to begin, make a beginning, absol., Od., Eur., etc.
2.c. gen. to make a beginning of, ἀδικίης Hdt.; πολλῶν κακῶν Eur., etc.
3.c. part to begin doing, ὑπῆρξαν ἄδικα ποιεῦντες Hdt.; ὑπάρχει εὖ ποιῶν τινα Xen.
4.c. acc., ὑπ. εὐεργεσίας εἴς τινα or τινι to begin [doing] kindnesses to one, Dem., Aeschin.:—Pass. to be begun, τὰ ἔκ τινος ὑπαργμένα (ionic for ὑπηργ-) Hdt.:—impers., ὑπῆρκτο αὐτοῦ a beginning of it had been made, Thuc.
B.to begin to be, come into being, arise, spring up, Aesch., etc.
2.to be in existence, to be there, to be ready, Hdt., attic;—c. gen., ὑπάρχει τῶνδε there is store of these things, Aesch.:—oft. in part., ἡ ὑπάρχουσα οὐσία the existing property, Isocr.; τὰ ὑπ. ἁμαρτήματα Thuc.; τῆς ὑπ. τιμῆς for the current price, Dem.
3.simply to be, Trag., Thuc., etc.
4.sometimes with a part., much like τυγχάνω, τοιαῦτα [αὐτῷ] ὑπῆρχε ἐόντα Hdt.; ὑπ. ἐχθρὸς ὤν Dem.
II.like ὑπόκειμαι II. 2, to be laid down, to be taken for granted, Plat.; τούτων ὑπαρχόντων = quae cum ita sint, id=Plat.
III.to belong to, fall to one, accrue, ὑπάρχει τινί τι one has, Hdt., Thuc.; ἡ ὑπάρχουσα φύσις your own proper nature, its normal condition, Thuc.
2.of persons, ὑπ. τινί to be devoted to one, Xen., Dem.; καθ᾽ ὑμῶν ὑπάρξει ἐκείνῳ he will be on his side against you, Dem.
IV.often in neut. pl. part., τὰ ὑπάρχοντα,
1.existing circumstances, present advantages, Thuc., Xen., etc.
2.what belongs to one, one's possessions, means, Thuc., etc.
V.impers., ὑπάρχει, the fact is that . . , c. acc. et inf., Soph.
2.it is allowed, it is possible, c. dat. et inf., ὑπ. μοι εἶναι or ποιεῖν τι Thuc., Plat.:— absol., ὥσπερ ὑπῆρχε as well as was possible, Thuc.
3.in neut. part., like ἐξόν, παρόν, etc., ὑπάρχον ὑμῖν πολεμεῖν since it is allowed you to make war, id=Thuc.

1 fut. ξω

2 aor1 ὑπῆρξα

3 Pass., perf. ὕπηργμαι

4 ionic -αργμαι

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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