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ὑποχωρέω

ὑποχωρέω, to go back, retire, recoil

ὑποχωρ-έω, fut. -ήσομαι Luc. Tox. 11:—
  • go back, retire, withdraw, Il. 6.107, 22.96; χώρησαν δʼ ὑπό τε πρόμαχοι . . 4.505; ὑ. ἐς τὴν Σάμον, εἰς Σικυῶνα, Th. 8.79, Is. 6.20; πρὸς αἱμασιάν Th. 4.43; παρὰ Τισσαφέρνην Id. 8.45; freq. in part., ὑποχωρῶν ᾤχετο, ὑποχωρήσαντες φεύγουσι, Is. 4.28, D. 22.66; of a lion, βάδην ὑ. Arist. HA 629b14; of long-horned kine, νέμεσθαι ὑποχωροῦντας Id. PA 659a20; εἰς τὰ βαθέα ὑ., of eels, Id. HA 592a27, etc.
      • 2 c. gen., withdraw from, ὑ. τῆς χώρης Hdt. 1.207; ὑ. τοῦ πεδίου X. Cyr. 2.4.24; τοῦ βίου IG 12(7).395.9 (Amorgos): c. dat., τὸ δημοκρατικὸν ὑπεχώρησε τῷ ὀλιγαρχικῷ gave way to, Pl. R. 560a; τὸν ἥσσω τῷ κρατοῦντι ὑ. Th. 1.77; but ὑ. τῷ δαίμονι try to escape from . ., Plu. Brut. 40.
        • b κἀκεῖνος ὑπεχώρησεν αὐτῷ τοῦ θρόνου he (Aeschylus) gave Sophocles a share of the throne, Ar. Ra. 790 (not surrendered it, which would be παρεχώρησεν) ; τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους ἐντρέπεσθαι . . ὁδῶν ὑποχωροῦντας making way for them on the streets (not ‘retiring from the streetsʼ), Plu. Apophth. Lac. 2.237d.
      • 3 c. acc., avoid, shun, μηδένα ὄχλον [νεῶν] Ἀθηναῖοι ὄντες ὑποχωρεῖν Th. 2.88; so perh. to be taken in Il. 13.476, μένεν . ., οὐδʼ ὑπεχώρει, Αἰνείαν ἐπιόντα; cf. Pl. Sph. 240a, D.H. 6.93, Luc. Tox. 36.
        • b cede, yield, τὴν δεσποτίαν αὐτοῖς POxy. 67.19 (iv A. D.).
    • II pass off below, esp. by way of stool, σάρκες Hp. Aph. 4.26, etc.; εἰ ταχέως ὑποχωρεῖ τῶν ὑποχονδρίων Gal. 6.56, cf. 253:—in Med., Hp. Aph. 7.67.
    • III go on steadily, εἰρεσία ὑπεχώρησεν ἐκ παλαμᾶν the rowing went on, stroke after stroke, Pi. P. 4.202.
    • IV Ἡγέλοχος οὕτω προηνέγκατο (sc. γαλήν’ ὁρῶ) ὥστε μὴ ὑποχωρῆσαι ἐκ τῆς συναλοιφῆς τὸ γαληνά, ἀλλὰ διαχωρῆσαι μᾶλλον, ὥστε δόξαι τὴν γαλῆν εἰπεῖν Sch. Ar. Ra. 305 (dub. sens.).

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