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ὑπεῖπον , aor. with no pres. in use (ὑπαγορεύω (q. v.) being used instead): fut.
A.“ὑπερῶ” Ar.Fr.652: pf. Pass., v. infr. 2:—say or repeat before another, ἐγὼ δ᾽ ὑπερῶ τὸν ὅρκον l.c.
2. say by way of preface, premise, suggest, “ὑπειπεῖν τούσδε τοὺς αὐτοὺς λόγους” E.Supp. 1171; “ὀλίγ᾽ ἄτθ᾽ ὑπειπὼν πρῶτον” Ar.V.55; “ὥσπερ ἐν ἀρχῇ ὑπείπομεν” Th.1.35; “τοσοῦτον ὑπειπών” D.18.60; οὐδὲν ὑπειπὼν πῶς without suggesting the method, Id.23.53, cf. 60; “τοιοῦτος . . , ὃν ὑπεῖπες” Pl.Virt.377d; so ἀκοὴν ὑπειπών, = προειπών (referring to the words of the proclamation, ἀκούετε, λεῴ), E.HF962:—Pass., “καθάπερ καὶ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἦν ὑπειρημένον” Is.11.12.
3. subjoin, add, “ὑπειπούσης . . ὅτι ἐς ἑσπέραν ἥξοιμι” Ar.Pl.997, cf. Lys.Fr. in PHib.1.14.32; “ὑπειπὼν τἆλλα ὅτι αὐτὸς τἀκεῖ πράξοι” Th.1.90, cf. 2.102; τὸν ἐχθρὸν . . ὑπειπὼν τὸν αὑτοῦ adding the name of his personal enemy, D.25.91; “ὑπειπὼν τῆς Ὑγιείας του^νομα” Philetaer.1.
4. suggest an explanation, hint, give a clue, “ὥστ᾽ . . ἂν . . ὑπείποις” S.Aj.213 (anap.); “οὑτωσί πως ὑπειπόντα τὸ τοῦ Πιττακοῦ” Pl.Prt.343e.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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