ὑπό Epic ὑπαί before δ, π from under, by, c. gen. under, c. dat., towards c. acc. Lat. sub, prep. with gen., dat. and acc. WITH GEN., of Place, from under, ῥέει κρήνη ὑπὸ σπείους Od.: of rescuing from under anotherʼs power, after the Verbs ἐρύεσθαι, ἁρπάζειν, Il.; ἵππους λῦσαν ὑπὸ ζυγοῦ they loosed the horses from under the yoke, Hom. under, beneath, μοχλὸν ὑπὸ σποδοῦ ἤλασα thrust the bar in under the embers, Od.; ὑπὸ στέρνοιο τυχήσας having hit him under the breast, Il.; ὑπὸ χθονός Hom., etc. of the Agent, with pass. Verbs, by, Lat. a or ab, ὑπό τινος δαμῆναι Il.; ὑφʼ ἑαυτοῦ by oneʼs own action, i.e. of oneself, Thuc.; so also, with neut. verbs, φεύγειν ὑπό τινος, i. e. to flee before him, Il.; ἔπαινον ἔχειν ὑπό τινος Hdt. of things as well as persons, ὡς διάκειμαι ὑπὸ τῆς νόσου Thuc.; ἐνδακρύειν χαρᾶς ὕπο Aesch.; μαίνεται ὑφʼ ἡδονῆς Soph.; ὀρύσσειν ὑπὸ μαστίγων to dig under fear of scourges, Hdt. of accompanying music, to the sound of, κωμάζειν ὑπʼ αὐλοῦ Hes.; πίνειν ὑπὸ σάλπιγγος Ar.: then, of anything attendant, δαΐδων ὑπὸ λαμπομενάων ἠγίνεον by torchlight, Il.; ὑπʼ εὐφήμου βοῆς θῦσαι to offer a sacrifice accompanied by it, Soph.; ὑπὸ πομπῆς in or with solemn procession, Hdt. WITH DAT. of Place or Position, ὑπὸ ποσσί Il.; ὑπὸ πλατανίστῳ Il.; ὑπʼ Ἰλίῳ under its walls, Eur.; ὑφʼ ἅρμασι under, i. e. yoked to, the chariot, Il. ὑπὸ χερσί τινος δαμῆναι to be subdued under, i. e. by force of his arms, Il.; ὑπὸ δουρὶ δαμῆναι Il. of the person under whose power or influence a thing is done, φέβεσθαι ὑπό τινι to flee before him, Il.; ὑπὸ πομπῇ τινος βῆναι to go under his convoy, Il. expressing subjection, ὑπό τινι under oneʼs power, Od.; εἶναι ὑπό τινι to be subject to him, Thuc.; ἔχειν ὑφʼ ἑαυτῷ to have under one, Xen. of things coming under a class, ἐργασίαι ὑπὸ ταῖς τέχναις Plat. as in A. II. 3, ὑπʼ αὐλητῆρι πρόσθʼ ἔκιον advanced to the music of the flute-player, Hes.: generally, of attendant circumstances, ἐξ ἁλὸς εἶσι πνοιῇ ὕπο Ζεφύροιο Od.; ὑπὸ σκότῳ, νυκτί Aesch. WITH ACCUS. of Place, towards and under, ὑπὸ σπέος ἤλασε μῆλα drove them under, i.e. into, the cave, Il.; ὑπὸ ζυγὸν ἤγαγεν Od.; ὑπὸ δικαστήριον ἄγειν to bring under or before the tribunal, Hdt. like ὑπό c. dat. without sense of motion, ὑπʼ ἠῶ τʼ ἠέλιόν τε everywhere under the sun, Il.; ὑπὸ τὴν ἄρκτον Hdt.; τὸ ὑπὸ τὴν ἀκρόπολιν Thuc. of subjection, ποιεῖσθαι ὑπὸ σφᾶς Thuc., etc. of Time, like Lat. sub, just after, just about, ὑπὸ νύκτα towards night, Il.; ὑπὸ ταῦτα about that time, Hdt.; ὑπὸ τὸν νηὸν κατακαέντα about the time of its burning, Il.; ὑπὸ τὸν σεισμόν about the time of the earthquake, Thuc. of accompaniment, ὑπὸ αὐλὸν διαλέγεσθαι Xen. ὑπό τι, as adv. to a certain degree, in some measure, Lat. aliquatenus, Plat. POSITION: ὑπό can always follow its Subst., becoming by anastrophe ὕπο. AS ADV., under, below, beneath, Hom. behind, Hdt. secretly, unnoticed, Il. IN COMPOSITION: under, both of rest and motion, as ὕπ-ειμι, ὑπο-βαίνω. of the casing or covering of one thing with another, as ὑπό-χρυσος. to express subjection, ὑπο-δαμνάω, ὑφ-ηνίοχος. somewhat, a little, ὑπο-κινέω, ὑπό-λευκος: underhand, secretly, ὑπο-θωπεύω.