A.“ὑφέξω” S.OT552, etc.: aor. ὑπέσχον, poet. also ὑπέσχεθον, Aeol. inf. “ὐποσκέθην” IG12(2).526 A40 (Eresus, iv B. C.):—hold under,
b. of holding out the hand to receive something, “ὑπέσχεθε χ ε ῖρ α ” 7.188; προτείνειν κ α ὶ ὑ. [τ ὴν χ ε ῖρ α ], to receive bribes, D.19.255; “ὑ. χρυσίῳ τ ὴν χ ε ῖρ α ” Men.309: prov. of a greedy person, “ὑ. τ ὴν χ ε ῖρ α ἀποθνήσκων” Diogenian.3.12.
c. ῥημάτων ὑ. ο ὖας lend an attentive ear, Simon.37.14; “σ ὺ δ ὲ μείλιχον ο ὖας ὑπόσχες” Procl.H.7.52; “ὑ. τ ὰ ὦτά τ ι ν ι ” Aristid.2.230 J., etc.
d. hold a cup under another vessel, while something is poured into it, Hdt.2.151, Ar.Ach.1063, Pax431, cf. 909: also intr., ὑ. κρουνοῖς stand under shower baths, Antyll. ap. Orib.10.3.10.
e. put under, like wax under a seal, “τ ι τ α ῖς α ἰσθήσεσι” Pl.Tht.191d.
2. supply, afford, furnish, “νεφέλην” A.Fr.199.7 (ὑπερς χών Casaubon); “π λ ο ῦτος ὑ. μέριμναν” Pi.O.2.54; “πάντα” Ar.Lys.841; ὑ. τ ὸ α ὐτ ὸ τ ο ῖς ἐναντίοις (sc. fear) Th.7.21; ὑ. ἑαυτόν submit oneself to another, so as to be at his disposal or follow his advice, X.Cyr.7.5.44, v.l. in Pl.R.399b: also c. inf., ὑπόσχες Σωκράτει ἐξελέγξαι allow Socrates to examine you, Id.Grg.497b.
2. undergo, suffer, “τήνδ᾽ ἄτ η ν ” S.Tr.1274 (anap.); “ζημίαν” E.Ion1308; “κακόν” Ar.Th.196; τιμωρίαν τινός for a thing, Th.6.81, Aeschin.3.221, Lycurg.91, cf. Pl.Lg.716b; “π υ ρ ὸς α ἰωνίου δίκην” Ep.Jud.7; “κόλασιν” Plu.2.198d, etc.; also τούτων τ ὰς α ἰτίας to be subject to accusation for . . , Antipho 5.67; “τούτων . . ο ὐκ ἂν δικαίως τ ὴν α ἰτίαν ὑπέχοιμι” Pl.Ap.33b; “ψόγον ἀμουσίας ὑ.” Id.R. 403c.
3. in law-phrases, ὑ. δίκας [τινός] to have to give an account of a thing, or suffer a penalty, Hdt.2.118; “δίκην ὑπόσχες α ἵματος . . Ε ὐμενίσι” E.Or.1649; “ὑ. φόνου δίκας” Pl.Lg.872c (poet. also φόνον μ η τ ρ ὸς ὑφέξω in the same sense, E.El.1318 (anap.)); “δίκην ὑ. τ ῶν πεπραγμένων” D.19.95; “ὑφέξειν τ ὴν δίκην” S.OT552; “ὑφέξω τ ο ῖς κακίοσιν δίκην” E.Hec.1253; “ὑ. τ ῇ πόλει δίκην” Pl.Phd.99a; τοιάνδε δίκην ὑφέξειν undergo such a trial, Th.3.53, cf. IG12(2) l.c.; τ ο ῖς χρήμασι τ ὰς σίκας ὑ. to have to pay the penalty with one's property, Isoc.20.17; ὑ. δίκας, ἐὰν . . D.23.77; “ὑ. κρίσιν π ε ρ ὶ ὧν ἄν τις ἐγκαλῇ” Id.21.125:— ὑ. κ α ὶ λαμβάνειν τ ὸ δίκαιον ἐπ ὶ τ ῶν χρηματιστῶν , i.e. to have the right of suing or being sued, PTeb.5.213, al. (ii B. C.); “λαμβάνω ἐγ ὼ κ α ὶ ὑπέχω τ ὸ δίκαιον ὑπ ὲρ τ ο ῦ Πολυκλείτου” PEnteux.8.6 (iii B.C.); ἐπαναγκάσαι α ὐτ ὸν τ ὸ δίκαιον ἡμ ῖν ὑποσχεῖν ib.59.11 (iii B. C.).
b. ἐμ ο ὶ λόγον ὑποσχέτω let him render account to me, Pl.Prt.338d; “ο ὐδ ε ν ὶ θέλων ὑπέχειν λόγον” X.Mem.4.4.9; “ὑ. τ ῇ πόλει π ε ρ ὶ τ ο ῦ βίου λόγον” And.4.37; ὑ. ε ὐθύνας [ἀρ χ ῆς] Lys . . 24.26, cf. 9.11, 30.3.
4. sustain, maintain, λόγον an argument, Arist.Rh.1354a5, Metaph.1011a22, al.; “ὑπόθεσιν” Id.Top.158a31; θέσιν κ α ὶ ὁρισμόν ib.160b14. (For the Med., v. ὑπισχνέομαι.)