Aristotle Greek Lexicon ὑπογράφω

ὑπογράφω

hypographo

write under

Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὑπογράφω, A. write under an inscription, subjoin or add to it, τῇ στήλῃ ὑ. ὅτι οὐκ ἐνέμειναν τοῖς ὅρκοις" Th. 5.56; τὰς πόλεις . . ὧν εἷς ἕκαστός ἐστιν IG 22.237.34; ὁ ὑπογεγραμμένος the undermentioned, CIG 1957g (Maced.), cf. PTeb. 61 (a).10, al. (ii B. C.); ἐπὶ τῶν ὑπογεγραμμένων μαρτύρων PAvrom. 1 A 7 (i B. C.; but κατὰ τὰ ὑπογεγραμμένα as has been indicated (above), PCair.Zen. 173.10 (iii B. C.), v. infr. II.4). 2. sign, subscribe, τὸ ψήφισμα αὐτοῦ ὑπέγραψα Hyp. Eux. 30, cf. PTeb. 35.11 (ii B. C.):—Med., ὑ. τὰς καταβολάς sign and so make oneself liable for the payment, D. Ep. 3.40; τοὺς ἵππους ἰδίους ὑ. signed his name as their owner, D.S. 13.74 codd. (better ἀπεγράψατο as Peiresc and Plu. Alc. 12); ὑπογράψας ἐπιβουλεῦσαί με having accused me of plotting, D. 37.23 (v.l. in 23.220); ὑ. κρίσεις τινί lodge accusations against one, Plb. 22.4.6 (s. v.l.); ὑ. τὴν ἀντωμοσίαν κατά τινος Them. Or. 26.313c; bring an accusation against one, εἴπʼ εἴ τι καινὸν ὑπογράφῃ τὠμῷ βίῳ E. HF 1118. 3. write under orders or from dictation, οὐκ ἔχων οὐδὲ τὸν ὑπογράφοντα an amanuensis, Jul. Ep. 28, cf. Plu. Caes. 17. II. write under, i.e. trace letters for children to write over, οἱ γραμματισταὶ τοῖς μήπω δεινοῖς γράφειν τῶν παίδων ὑπογράψαντες γραμμὰς τῇ γραφίδι Pl. Prt. 326d: metaph., ἡ πόλις νόμους ὑ. traces out laws as guides of action, ibid., cf. Lg. 734e: abs., πάντα ὑ. τῷ πράττειν give all directions for acting, ib.711b; ᾗ ἡμεῖς ὑ. as we sketched out, Id. Tht. 171e: folld. by relat. clause, τοὺς . . ὑπογράψαντας τίνα τρόπον . . Phld. Mus.p.86 K. 2. trace in outline, sketch out, οἱ γραφεῖς ὑπογράψαντες ταῖς γραμμαῖς οὕτως ἐναλείφουσι τοῖς χρώμασι τὸ ζῷον Arist. GA 743b24; καθάπερ ζωγράφον ὑ. ἔργα Pl. Lg. 934c; ὡς λόγῳ σχῆμα πολιτείας ὑπογράψαντα μὴ ἀκριβῶς ἀπεργάσασθαι Id. R. 548c; ὑ. τοῖς ἐξεργάζεσθαι καὶ διαπονεῖν δυναμένοις Isoc. 5.85; sketch, τὸ σχῆμα τῆς Σικελίας Plu. Nic. 12; mark on a map, πόλεις Ptol. Geog. 1.18.5:—Med., οἷον δή τις ναυπηγὸς . . καταβαλλόμενος τὰ τροπιδεῖα ὑπογράφεται τῶν πλοιων σχήματα has their forms traced out, Pl. Lg. 803a; ὑ. τὸ σχῆμα τῆς πολιτείας Id. R. 501a; ὑ. σκιάν Poll. 7.129 (v.l.):—Pass., τὰ ὑπογεγραμμένα the symptoms described, Hp. Epid. 1.3, cf. 19, Phld. Piet. 19. 3. σπληνίσκος ὑπογεγραμμένος ἱππέα with an outline sketch of a horseman upon it, Michel 832.24 (Samos, iv B. C.). 4. metaph. senses taken from ΙΙ.1, ΙΙ.2, trace, indicate, τοῖς τιμιωτέροις ὑπέγραψεν ἡ φύσις τὴν βοήθειαν Arist. PA 658a23; τὰς δύο φλέβας . . ἡ φύσις ὑπέγραψεν Id. GA 740a28; ἡ τῶν τόπων θέσις ὑπογράφει τὴν ἡγεμονίαν ταύτην Str. 8.1.3; ὑπογράφων αὐτῷ μεγάλας ἐλπίδας hinting at . . , Plb. 5.36.2, cf. 5.62.1, Aët. 9.42; ἐλπίδα παραιτήσεως ὑπογράφει θεῶν διὰ τιμῆς Epicur. Ep. 3p.65U.; τὴν αὐτὴν ἀπορίαν ὑπογράφουσιν present or suggest the same problem, Str. 17.1.34; indicate, τὸν χαρακτῆρα τῆς λέξεως D.H. Dem. 40; τὴν μετὰ κίσσαν ἐπιμέλειαν Sor. 1.54: c. dupl. acc., νομάδας αὐτοὺς ὑπογράφων Str. 1.1.6:—Pass., ἡ κοινὴ τοῦ θεοῦ νόησις ὑπεγράφη was traced, Epicur. Ep. 3p.59U.; μέχρι τοῦ πρῶτον ὑπογραφέντος αὐτοῖς χνοῦ till the first signs of their beard appeared, Luc. Am. 10. 5. Med., describe generally, ὑ. τὴν διόρθωσιν τοῦ νόμου D.S. 12.18:— Pass., τύπῳ . . ὑπογεγράφθω περὶ ψυχῆς (impers.) Arist. de An. 413a10, cf. SE 181a2. III. Med., ὑ ἑαυτῷ εἰς μνήμην c. inf., make a memorandum that . . , App. Pun. 136. IV. Med., pledge, mortgage, ὑπογράψονται τὼς χώρως Tab.Heracl. 1.149. V. ὑπογράφειν or -γράφεσθαι τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς paint under the eyelids, Nic. Dam. 4 J., J. BJ 4.9.10, Poll. 5.102, Luc. Bis Acc. 31; ὑπεγέγραπτο τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς Ath. 12.529a: abs., ὑπογεγραμμένη Ar. Fr. 880, Hsch.; cf. ὑπογραφή III, ὑπόγραμμα II.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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