ὑποδύω -δύνω ὑποδύω to put on under, κιθῶνας ὑποδύνειν τοῖσι εἵμασι Hdt. to slip in under, Hdt.:—also to assume secretly, slip into, c. acc., Hdt.:—also to slip from under, Xen. metaph. to undergo danger, Hdt. Mid. ὑποδύομαι fut. -δύσομαι aor1 -εδυσάμην Epic 3rd sg. -εδύσετο aor.2 act. -έδυν perf. -δέδῡκα to go under, get under, sink beneath, Lat. subire, c. acc., Od.; ὑπ. ὑπὸ τὴν ζεύγλην Hdt.:—so, ὑπ. ὑπὸ τῶν κεραμίδων to creep under, Ar.; φέρει τινὰ ὑποδεδυκότα underneath it, Ar.. to put oneʼs feet under a shoe, to put it on, Ar. metaph. to put on a character (because the actorʼs face was put under a mask), Plat., Arist. c. gen. to come from under, come forth from, Od. to go under so as to bear, to bear on oneʼs shoulders, Il. to enter into war, Hdt. metaph. to undergo danger, c. acc., Xen.; ὑπ. αἰτίαν to make oneself subject to . . , Dem. c. inf. to undertake to do, Hdt. of feelings, to steal over one, c. acc., Aesch.:—c. dat., πᾶσιν ὑπέδυ γόος sorrow stole upon all, Od. absol. to slip or slink away, Dem. absol., ὀφθαλμοὶ ὑποδεδυκότες sunken eyes, Luc.