ὑπέρχομαι

ὑπέρχομαι, aor. ὑπῆλθον, Ep. -ήλυθον, the only tense used by Hom. (in both forms); Dor.subj. ὑπένθῃ Berl.Sitzb. 1927.158 (Cyrene); pf. ὑπελήλυθε Men. 498:—A. go or come under, get under, c. acc., ὑπήλυθε θάμνους Od. 5.476; ὑπήλθετε δῶμʼ Ἀΐδαο 12.21; ἐπεί κε μέλαθρον ὑπέλθῃ 18.150, cf. Berl.Sitzb. l.c.; ὄφρʼ ἂν γᾶν ὑπέλθῃ A. Eu. 339 (lyr.); [ἡ μήτρα] ὅλη [τὴν κύστιν] ὑπελήλυθεν Sor. 1.7: with a Prep., ὑπὸ τὴν φορὰν τοῦ ἀκοντίου come within its range, Antipho 3.2.5; εἰς τὴν ὁδὸν τοῦ ἀκοντίου Id. 3.4.5; ὑπὸ τὸ βέλος ibid.: rarely c. dat., τοῖς στενοῖς enter (come under the mountains), Plu. Comp.Per.Fab. 2. II. of involuntary feelings, come upon, steal over one, c. acc., Τρῶας δὲ τρόμος αἰνὸς ὑπήλυθε γυῖα Il. 7.215, 20.44; φρίκης αὐτὸν ὑπελθούσης Hdt. 6.134; ὥς μʼ ὑπῆλθέ τις φόβος S. Ph. 1231, cf. El. 1112; θαῦμά τοί μʼ ὑπέρχεται ib.928; ὥσθʼ ἵμερός μʼ ὑπῆλθε . . E. Med. 57, cf. Philem. 79.1; οὐ γάρ τις οἶκτος σῆς μʼ ὑ. φυγῆς E. Hipp. 1089; ἐς δʼ ἄκραν δεῖμʼ ὑπῆλθε κρατὸς φόβαν, of fear causing the hair to stand up, S. OC 1465 (lyr.); ἐκ ποδῶν δʼ ἄνω ὑ. σπαραγμὸς εἰς ἄκρον κάρα A. Fr. 169; ὑπελήλυθέν τέ μου νάρκα τις ὅλον τὸ δέρμα Men. 498. III. of persons, creep or insinuate oneself into anotherʼs good graces, fawn upon, εἶδες οἷʼ ὑπέρχεται ἡμᾶς; Ar. Eq. 269 (troch.); οἱ κριταὶ ὑ. Ἀλκιβιάδην And. 4.21; ὑ. τὰς ἀρχάς, τοὺς πολεμίους, X. Lac. 8.2, Ath. 2.14; ὑ. πάντας ἀνθρώπους καὶ δουλεύων Pl. Cri. 53e; ὑ. καὶ θεραπεύειν D. 23.8; ὑ. δώροις καὶ κολακείαις Plu. Luc. 6. 2. entrap, beguile, λάθρᾳ μʼ ὑπελθών S. OT 386; οἷ αὖ μʼ ὑπῆλθες Id. Ph. 1007; δόλῳ μʼ ὑπῆλθες E. Andr. 435, cf. Supp. 138, IA 67; τὸν ἄνδρα ποικίλως ὑ. ἐν λόγοισιν Ar. Eq. 459. IV. c. acc. rei, seek by base arts, τυραννίδα Plu. Dio 7; φιλίαν D.Chr. 74.5. V. advance slowly, of an army, X. An. 5.2.30; cf. ὑπάγω A. III. VI. recede, give way, ὑπελθόντος τοῦ ἀέρος Arist. Cael. 295a22 (s. v.l.). VII. of excrements, pass, Gal. 18(2).147, Orib. Eup. 1.9.10; ὑπέρχεται ῥᾳδίως, of laxative food, Gal. 6.629; also of semen, καθεύδοντι ὑπέρχεται Ruf. ap. Orib. 6.38.29. VIII. undertake, assume, ὑπελθεῖν τοὔνομα καὶ τὸ ἔργον assume the title and the duty, Lib. Or. 49.5.