1. to be established, set beforeone (by oneself or another) as an aim or principle,ἐμοὶ μὲν οὗτος ἄεθλος ὑποκείσεται shall bemyappointedtask, Pi. l. c.;δυοῖν ὑποκειμένοιν ὀνομάτοινtwo phrasesbeing prescribed, having legal sanction,
D. 23.36 ;ὑπόκειται πρῶτον μὲν διωμοσία, δεύτερον δὲ λόγος the prescribed course is. . , ib. 71 ;μένειν ἐπὶ τῶν ὑποκειμένωνto abide by one'sresolves,
Plb. 1.19.6 , 2.51.1 ; μένειν ἐπὶ τῆς ὑ. γνώμης
Id. 1.40.5
;ἐμοὶ ὑπόκειται ὅτι. . for meit is a fixed principlethat . . , Hdt. 2.123 , cf. Arist. Oec. 1343b9 ; νομίζω συμφέρειν . . τοῦθ' ὑποκεῖσθαι
D. 14.3
;τῶν πραγμάτων ἐν οἷς τὰ ὑποκείμενα διαφέρει τῷ εἴδειthings of which theprinciplesdiffer in kind, Arist. Pol. 1275a35 ;τὰς ὑποκειμένας μοίρας τξ́theconventional
(ii/iii A. D.), cf. OGI 665.19 , 26 (Egypt,i A. D.): c. dat., as part of name of specific taxes, ὑ. βασιλικῇ γραμματείᾳ ear-marked for the benefit of . . ,
PPar. 17.22
(ii A. D.); ὑ. τοπογραμματείᾳ
PSI 1.101.18
(ii A. D.), cf. POxy. 1436.23
(ii A. D.), etc.: also in sg., ὑποκείμενον ἐπιστρατηγία
BGU 199.14
(ii A. D.), cf. PFlor. 375.22
(ii A. D.), etc.: also c. gen., ὑ. ἐννομίου
PRyl. 213.72
, al.(ii A. D.);τοπαρχίαςib. 73 , etc.
8. in Philosophy,to underlie, as the foundation in which something else inheres, to be implied or presupposed by something else,
ἑκάστῳ τῶν ὀνομάτων . . ὑ. τις ἴδιος οὐσία
Pl. Prt. 349b
, cf. Cra. 422d , R. 581c , Ti.Locr. 97e :τὸ ὑποκείμενονhas three main applications: ( 1 ) to the matter which underlies the form, opp.εἶδος, ἐντελέχεια,
Arist. Metaph. 983a30 ; ( 2 ) to the substance (matter + form) which underlies the accidents, opp.πάθη, συμβεβηκότα,
Id. Cat. 1a20 , 27 , Metaph. 1037b16 , 983b16 ; ( 3 ) to the logical subject to which attributes are ascribed, opp.τὸ κατηγορούμενον,
Id. Cat. 1b10 , 21 , Ph. 189a31 : applications ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) are distinguished in Id. Metaph. 1038b5 , 1029a1 - 5 , 1042a26 - 31 :τὸ ὑ.is occasionally used of what underlies or is presupposed in some other way, e. g. of the positive termini presupposed by change, Id. Ph. 225a3 - 7 .
b. exist, τὸ ἐκτὸς ὑποκείμενονthe externalreality,
b. ἡ ὑ. ὕληthesubject-matter of a science or treatise, Id. EN 1094b12 , 1098a28 , Phld. Po.Herc. 1676.3 (pl.);τὸ ὑ.thepart affectedby a disease, Plb. 1.81.6 .