ὑφαιρέω

hyphaireo

seize underneath

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

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On the Heavens 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 13 293a15–296a23

294a18
Book IV 1
Chapter 5 312a22–313a15

312b15
History of Animals 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 1 608a11–610a35

609a20
Poetics 1
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Chapter 21 1457a31–1458a17

1457b2

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὑφαιρέω, fut. -ήσω (ὑφελῶ in Aq. Ex. 5.19): aor. ὑφεῖλον (aor. 1 Med. ὑφειλάμην LXXJb. 21.18): Ion. ὑπαιρέω, etc., Hdt. 3.65, al.:—A. seize underneath or inwardly, τοὺς δʼ ἄρʼ ὑπὸ τρόμος εἷλεν Il. 5.862, cf. Od. 24.450. II. draw or take away from under, ὑπὸ δʼ ᾕρεον ἕρματα νηῶν Il. 2.154; ἄνθεμον ποντίας ἐέρσας Pi. N. 7.79; [τὸ παιδίον τῆς μητρός] Pl. Tht. 161a; τὴν χεῖρα ὑφῄρει tried to draw it away, Ar. Pl. 689. 2. take away underhand, filch away, [τῶν Ἀθηναίων] τοὺς ξυμμάχους Th. 3.13; ὑ. τὴν πρόσοδον, τὴν εὐπορίαν, diminish it gradually, ib.31,82; purloin, steal, βοῦν PSI 4.366.2 (iii B. C.); ταῦτα (sc. ζεῦγος χεροψελίων κτλ.) ib.10.1128.30 (iii A.D.); of a doctor, ὑ. τὸ οἰνάριον καὶ τὸ λουτρόν remove from the regime, Sor. 2.15; ὑ. τῆς ὑποψίας gradually to take away part of . . , Th. 1.42; so ὑ. τοῦ πλήθεος Hp. VM 5; τοῦ τόνου Luc. Philops. 8; τῆς ὀργῆς Phalar. Ep. 72 codd. (ὑφῆκα Valckenaer):—Pass., ὑφῃρέθη σου, κάλαμος ὡσπερεὶ λύρας S. Fr. 36; ὑπαραιρημένος put secretly away, made away with, Hdt. 3.65:—also Med., filch, purloin, Ar. Eq. 745, Nu. 179, Pl. 1140, D. 45.58, PCair.Zen. 350.4 (iii B. C.), etc.; ὑ. τοὺς καιροὺς τῆς πόλεως Aeschin. 3.66; τὴν δημοκρατίαν ἄρδην ὑ. ib.145; ὑ. τί τινος filch it from him, Hdt. 5.83, Lys. 14.37, etc.; χρήματα ἐξ Ἐλαιοῦντος Hdt. 9.116; ὑ. μοῦ τὴν ἀπολογίαν Hyp. Lyc. 11; ὑ. τι ἐξ ἱερῶν ἢ ὁσίων Pl. Lg. 857b: abs., Ar. V. 556. 3. Med. also c. acc. pers., ὑ. τινά τινος rob him of . . , Aeschin. 3.222; σιγῇ τοῦθʼ ὑφαιρούμεσθά νιν keep it from him . . , E. El. 271. 4. subtract, deduct, ὑφαιρεθέντος τοῦ ἐπιδεκάτου IG 42(1).103.325, al. (Epid., iv B. C.); ὑφαιρουμένης τῆς προικὸς τῆς προδεδομένης POxy. 1102.10 (ii A. D.).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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