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ὑπόνομος

ὑπόνομος, underground

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ὑπόνομον masculine accusative singular, feminine accusative singular, neuter nominative singular, neuter vocative singular, neuter accusative singular of ὑπόνομος

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ὑπόνομ-ος, ον, (ὑπονέμομαι)
  • undermined, τόπος D.S. 3.37; χώρα ὑ. πυρὶ καὶ ὕδατι Str. 12.8.17.
      • 2 underground, ὑ. τάφροι sewers, App. BC 4.13; ὀρύγματα J. AJ 7.9.6; ὑ. ἄντρον Str. 13.1.67; ὑ. τὴν ἀποφορὰν ἔχει, of a lake, Id. 12.8.19 (s. v. l.).
      • 3 ὑ. ἕλκος a spreading ulcer with undermined edges, Dsc. 5.120; κόλποι ὑ. Id. 1.128, cf. Heras ap. Gal. 13.815.
    • II ὑπόνομος, ὁ, as Subst., underground passage, mine, Th. 2.76; οὐκέτι ὑπονόμοις, ἀλλʼ ἤδη μηχαναῖς αἱρεῖν τὴν πολιτείαν Plu. Caes. 6.
      • 2 water-pipe, conduit, X. HG 3.1.7, Arist. Mete. 350a1, IG 2(2).2491.11, PCair.Zen. 745.19 (iii B. C.).
      • 3 sewer, Str. 5.3.8, App. BC 4.40.
      • 4 vein of minerals, X. Vect. 4.26.

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