ὑποθέω

hypotheo

make a secret attack

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Metaphysics 2
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Book Α 1
Chapter 7 988a18–988b21

988a25
Book Θ 1
Chapter 4 1047b3–30

1047b10
Rhetoric 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 9 1366a23–1368a37

1368a5
Book II 1
Chapter 13 1389b13–1390a27

1389b24
Oeconomica 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1348b21
Physics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 6 189a11–189b29

189a28
Poetics 1
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Chapter 25 1460b6–1461b25

1461b18

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὑποθέω, fut. -θεύσομαι, A. make a secret attack, ποτὶ ἐχθρόν . . λύκοιο δίκαν ὑποθεύσομαι Pi. P. 2.84. 2. cut in before, in running a race, supplant, Ar. Eq. 1161; of a solar eclipse, ἐκλείπει . . τῆς σελήνης ὑποθεούσης αὐτόν Cleom. 2.3; ἡ σελήνη ὑποθεύσεται τὸν ἥλιον Them. Or. 26.317b. II. of dogs, run in too hastily, X. Cyn. 3.8.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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