ὑποχωρ-έω,
future -ήσομαι[
Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—
go back, retire, withdraw, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὑ. ἐς τὴν Σάμον, εἰς Σικυῶνα, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently in
participle, ὑποχωρῶν ᾤχετο, ὑποχωρήσαντες φεύγουσι, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a lion, βάδην ὑ. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; of long-horned kine, νέμεσθαι ὑποχωροῦντας [
Refs]; εἰς τὰ βαθέα ὑ, of eels, [
Refs]
2) with
genitive,
withdraw from, ὑ. τῆς χώρης [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
gave way to, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; but ὑ. τῷ δαίμονι
try to escape from, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
2.b) κἀκεῖνος ὑπεχώρησεν αὐτῷ τοῦ θρόνου he (Aeschylus)
gave Sophocles
a share of the throne, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] (not
surrendered it, which would be παρεχώρησεν); τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους ἐντρέπεσθαι. ὁδῶν ὑποχωροῦντας
making way for them on the streets (not '
retiring from the streets'), [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
3) with
accusative,
avoid, shun, μηδένα ὄχλον [νεῶν] Ἀθηναῖοι ὄντες ὑποχωρεῖν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; so perhaps to be taken in [
Refs 8th c.BC+], μένεν, οὐδ᾽ ὑπεχώρει, Αἰνείαν ἐπιόντ;[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3.b)
cede, yield, τὴν δεσποτίαν αὐτοῖς [
Refs 4th c.AD+]
II)
pass off below, especially by way of stool, σάρκες [
Refs 5th c.BC+], compare 253:—in
middle, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III)
go on steadily, εἰρεσία ὑπεχώρησεν ἐκ παλαμᾶν the rowing
went on, stroke
after stroke, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV) Ἡγέλοχος οὕτω προηνέγκατο (i.e. γαλην ὁρῶ) ὥστε μὴ ὑποχωρῆσαι ἐκ τῆς συναλοιφῆς τὸ γαληνά, ἀλλὰ διαχωρῆσαι μᾶλλον, ὥστε δόξαι τὴν γαλῆν εἰπεῖν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]