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ὑποτύπτω ,
A.strike or push down, κοντῷ ὑ. ἐς λίμνην push down into the lake with a pole, Hdt.2.136; ὑποτύπτουσα . . φιάλῃ <ἐς> τοῦ χρυσοῦ τὴν θήκην dipping with a cup into . . , Id.3.130; ὑποτύψας τούτῳ (sc. ἡμίσει ἀσκοῦ） ἀντλέει he draws it dipping with the vessel into the water, Id.6.119; “οἱ χῆνες ὑ. ὥσπερ ταῖς ἄμαις . . τοῖν ποδοῖν” Ar.Av. 1145.
2. strike downwards with the feet, strut, χέρσῳ (codd., χερσαῖ᾽ Maass) ὑπέτυψε κορώνη struts upon the land, Arat.950:— Med., gush downwards, of wine, “ὅπως ὑπετύψατο ληνοῦ” Nic.Al. 163.
II. strike underneath, Placit.3.15.11 (Pass.).
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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    • Aristophanes, Birds, 1145
    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.136
    • Herodotus, Histories, 3.130
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