ὑπήν-η,ἡ, prop.
A. hair on the upper lip(which is the first to grow, cf. sq.),moustache,distd. fromπώγων,
Eub. 100 , cf. Phot. , Suid. : generally,beard,
A. Fr. 27 ; τὴν ὑ. ἄκουρον τρέφων
Ar. V. 476
(lyr.); μολύνων τὴν ὑ.
Id. Eq. 1286
(troch.);ἕλκοντες ὑπήναςletting thebeardgrow long, trailingbeards,
Id. Lys. 1072 ;ἄναξ ὑπήνης,of onewith a huge beard,
Pl.Com. 122 .
2. in Arist. HA 518b18 , it seems to meanthe upper lip, καὶ τὴν ὑ. καὶ τὸ γένειον δασὺ ἔχειν,cf. Theoc. 20.22 .