ὑποθέω

hypotheo

make a secret attack

Appears 7 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 4
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Book 1 1
Chapter ?

1279
Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2194
Book 3 1
Chapter ?

327
Book 5 1
Chapter ?

5143
Iliad 3
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Book 8 2
Chapter ?

836
8467
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

21293

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.

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