ὑποθέω

hypotheo

make a secret attack

Appears 7 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Parmenides 4
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136c4
136b1
136b7
137b1
Laws 2
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Book VII 2
Chapter ?

804a2
804a6
Protagoras 1
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313a2

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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