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ὑπηρετέω

hypereteo

do service on board ship, as a rower

Appears 39 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ὑπηρετέω, fut. -ήσω Alex. (v. infr.), etc.: plpf. ὑπηρετήκειν X. HG 3.3.9:—A. prop. do service on board ship, as a rower (cf. ὑπηρέτης, ὑπηρεσία), SIG 524.33,47 (Praesus, iii B. C.):—Pass., πλοῖον ὑπὸ δύο ἀνθρώπων ὑπηρετεῖσθαι δυνάμενον D.S. 2.55. II. to be a servant, do service, S. El. 996, Ph. 990; opp. ἄρχω, Ar. V. 518 (troch.); τοὺς διὰ φόβον ὑ. X. Hier. 1.38. 2. c. dat., minister to, serve, τῷ παρόντι δαίμονι S. El. 1306, cf. E. Ph. 1708, Th. 4.108, etc.; ὑ. τῷ χρηστηρίῳ submit to its ruling, Hdt. 8.41, cf. Pl. Lg. 914a; ἔργοις ἀνοσίοις ὑ. S. OC 283; [νόμῳ, λόγῳ], Lys. 2.19; ὑ. τοῖς τρόποις humour his ways, Ar. Ra. 1432; τῷδʼ ὑ. λόγῳ second, support it, E. Med. 588; ὢν ἄνθρωπος ἀνθρώπου τύχαις ὑπηρετήσω Alex. 150. 3. ὑ. τινὶ εἴς or πρός τι, Hdt. 1.109, X. Eq. 8.7, etc.; also ὑ. τινί τι serve one in a thing, οἷς σὺ ταῦθʼ ὑπηρετεῖς S. Ph. 1024, cf. Ar. Pl. 979, Pl. Smp. 196c, X. Cyr. 5.1.20, D. 18.138,59.35. b. in financial sense, τὸν δὲ ταμίαν εἰς τὸ ἀνάλωμα ὑπηρετῆσαι Supp.Epigr. 1.351.30 (Samos, iv B. C.), cf. 363.43 (ibid., iii B. C.), Inscr.Prien. 3 (iv B. C.), 18 (iii B. C.), al. c. at Athens, serve as ὑπηρέτης of the Council, D. 19.70. d. in the Mithraic cult, to be a ὑπηρέτης or servitor, Rev.Hist.Rel. 109.63 (Rome). e. render military service, BGU 180.14,613.23 (both ii A. D.). 4. abs., serve, be subordinate, opp. προστάττω, Arist. Top. 129a13; ἡ ὑπηρετοῦσα ἐπιστήμη Id. Metaph. 982b5: c. neut. pl. of Adj., etc., τὰ λοίφʼ ὑ. help in what remains to be done, S. Ph. 15; ὑ. τὰ περὶ τὸν πόλεμον Pl. R. 467a; and with cogn. acc., ὑ. τὰς διακονικὰς πράξεις Arist. Pol. 1277a36:—Pass., to be done as service, τὰ ἀπʼ ἡμέων ἐς ὑμέας ὑπηρετέεται Hdt. 4.139; χρὴ σὴ τό γε ἐμὸν ὑπηρετέεσθαι that my service should be rendered, Id. 1.108; ἢν τὰ παρʼ ὑμῶν ὑπηρετῆται Isoc. 3.63; τὸ πρᾶγμα τὸ ὑπηρετηθέν Arist. EE 1243a16, cf. X. HG 5.2.34.—The Med. occurs in late texts, as Hld. 7.19, al., and Alciphr. 1.11, dub. in Supp.Epigr. 1.327.19 (Callatis, i A. D.); τὸ -ούμενον the retinue, Memn. 2.4; fut. -ήσομαι POxy. 58.24 (iii A. D.); but in S. El. 1306, ὑπηρετοίην was rightly restored by Musgrave and Elmsl. for -οίμην.
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