A.stoop under a yoke, Μῆδοι ὑπέκυψαν Πέρσῃσι bowed to the Persian yoke, Hdt.1.130, cf. 6.25,109; “κύνες τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ὑποκύπτοντες” Aesop.266: abs., of suppliants, bow down, bow low, “ἱκετεύουσιν ὑποκύπτοντες” Ar.V.555 (anap., where cod. R has ὑποπίπτοντες), cf. Luc.Nav.30, Nigr.21; so of animals drinking, ὑποκύψαντα . . πιεῖν ὥσπερ βοῦν (v.l. ἐπικ-) X.An.4.5.32; of the victim at a sacrifice, θύεται δέ, αἰ μέγ κα ὑποκύψει, τᾷ Ἱστία prob. in SIG1025.20 (Cos); also “ὑ. ἐπὶ τὰ ὀπίσθια σκέλη” Arist.Mir.831a25; stoop to look at a thing, Plu.2.470e.
II. c. acc., ὑ. τὰν τύλαν stoop it so as to let a load be put on, Ar.Ach.954.
