Ὑποτεμέσθαι
to cut off
Translated by Ioannis Doukas25 Oct 2008Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὑποτεμέσθαι· ἀφελέσθαι. Ξενοφῶν· ἢν ἐπ' ἐκείνους ἡμεῖς ἐλαύνωμεν, ὑποτεμοῦνται ἡμᾶς πάλιν ἐκεῖνοι· ἡμῖν δὲ οὔπω ἡ ἰσχὺς πάρεστιν.
Betacode
*(upoteme/sqai: a)fele/sqai. *cenofw=n: h)\n e)p' e)kei/nous h(mei=s e)lau/nwmen, u(potemou=ntai h(ma=s pa/lin e)kei=noi: h(mi=n de\ ou)/pw h( i)sxu\s pa/restin.
Notes (2)
- 1Likewise in the Synagoge and Photius' Lexicon. The headword, presumably quoted from somewhere, is aorist middle infinitive of the verb
u(pote/mnw (cf. upsilon 401, upsilon 606, upsilon 607, upsilon 608 and upsilon 609). ↩ - 2Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.4.19 (web address 1). ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from5 entries
- υ401Ὑπετέμνετοwas being cut off[Meaning he/she/it] was being hidden. "As the missiles were released at a signal, the light [sc. of the sun] was being cut off."
- υ606Ὑποτεμνόμενονcutting off[Meaning him] cutting out.
- υ607Ὑποτεμνόμενος τὸν πλοῦνcutting off the voyageMeaning [he] sailing by the shortest route, in order to apprehend the fugitive. So says Xenophon.
- υ608Ὑποτεμόμενοςcutting off, intercepting, undercutting[Meaning he] seizing. "Intercepting him in some watersmeet, he strikes the man in the back."
- υ609ὙποτεμοῦμαιI will undercutand 'I will whittle your arrogance away'; Aristophanes [sc. says this]. For tanners undercut skins to [make them] seem thicker.
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Revision history7 revisions · last 21 Dec 2022
- more tweaks — Catharine Roth
- tweaked translation — Catharine Roth
- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- upgraded link, added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- another note; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Ioannis Doukas