ὑπόγυιος

hypogyios

nigh at hand, imminent

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

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Rhetoric 3
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Book I 1
Chapter 1 1354a1–1355b24

1354b3
Book II 2
Chapter 3 1380a10–1380b34

1380b6

Chapter 22 1395b21–1397a6

1396b5
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 6 1115a6–1115b6

1115a34
Generation of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 7 757a14–757b30

757a28
Oeconomica 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1347a28
Politics 1
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Book VI 1
Chapter 8 1321b4–1323a10

1321b16

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὑπόγυιος or (v. sub fin.) ὑπόγῠος, ον, A. nigh at hand, imminent, ὑ. μοι τῆς τοῦ βίου τελευτῆς οὔσης Isoc. 15.4, ὑπόγυον ἐνδείκνυται θάνατον Gal. 18(2).69; ὑπόγυον, used abs., near the end, at the approach of death, Hp. Epid. 7.51,52; εἴ τινων ὑ. ἡ ἀφαίρεσις τῶν καρπῶν Thphr. CP 1.13.10; τοῦτʼ ἐστὶν ὑπογυιότατον (v.l. -γυώτατον) πρὸς αὐτάρκειαν the readiest means, Arist. Pol. 1321b16; ὑπογύου οὔσης τῆς ἑορτῆς Id. Oec. 1347a28, cf. IG 5(2).265.10 (Mantinea, i B. C.); τῶν χρόνων ὑ. ὄντων D. 28.17; ἡ ὑπόγυος πρόσταξις the immediate command (i.e. that something shall be done immediately), A.D. Synt. 253.2; ἡ ἐκεῖνος καὶ ἡ οὗτος . . τὴν ὑπόγυιον γνῶσιν τοῦ προσώπου παριστᾶσιν Id. Pron. 61.4. Adv. ὑπογύως immediately, in the immediate future, ἐὰν γένηται ἡμᾶς μὴ ὑ. ἀναπλεῖν PAmh. 2.135.10 (ii A. D.). II. recent, ὁ πόλεμος ὁ ὑπογυιότατος Isoc. 14.17; ὑπογυωτέροις παραδείγμασι χρῆσθαι D. 61.46; τὰ ὑπογυιότατα Ps.-Philipp. ap. eund.12.12; ὑπογυώτερα τοῖς χρόνοις D. 60.9; ὑπόγυιόν ἐστι ἐξ οὗ . . it is a very short time since . . , Isoc. 18.29; ἐν τοῖς ὑ. λόγοις, opp. τοῖς ἄνω, Arist. GA 757a28; ταῖς ὑ. ἀπεψίαις Gal. 6.195; ὑπόγυοι αἰτίαι νοσημάτων Id. 15.162. Adv. ὑπογυίως or -γύως recently, lately, Ath. 5.206d, Dsc. Ther.Prooem., BGU 731 ii 5 (ii A. D.); ἔχων ὑ. ἐν μνήμῃ τὰς τιμὰς ὧν ἀγοράζει having freshly in his mind. PRyl. 233.12 (ii A. D.): neut. -γυον as Adv., Gloss.; τὸ ὑπογυιότατον Isoc. 9.81. III. sudden, ὅσα θάνατον ἐπιφέρει ὑπόγυια ὄντα Arist. EN 1115a34; ἐξ ὑπογύου off-hand, on the spur of the moment, X. Cyr. 6.1.43, Pl. Mx. 235c, Isoc. 4.13; ἐξ ὑ. γίγνεσθαι, opp. ἐκ πολλοῦ χρόνου σκέψασθαι, Arist. Rh. 1354b3; ἐξ ὑπογύου τινὸς χρόνου OGI 13.7 (Samos. iv B. C.). 2. of persons, ὑ. τῇ ὀργῇ in the first burst of anger, Arist. Rh. 1380b6. 3. actual, present, διὰ τὴν ὑπόγυιον ἰσχνότητα Gal. Nat.Fac. 2.6.—The forms ὑπό-γυιος and -γυος vary continually in codd., and the erroneous Comp. and Sup. forms ὑπογυιώτερος -ώτατος, and ὑπογυότερος -ότατος occur; in Papyri and Inscrr. we have ὑπογύως POxy. 237 vi 6, vii 32 (ii A. D.), etc., ὑπογυίως PSI 10.1103.8 (iii A. D.), ὑπόγυιος IG 5(2) l.c., CPR 220.5 (i A. D.).

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