ὑποστέλλω,
draw in, contract, ὑπέστειλ᾽ ἱστίον made him furl his sail, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.40, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mechanica” 851b10 (_middle_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. τὴν οὐράν tuck down the tail, of dogs, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Ammonius Grammaticus “περὶ ὁμοίων καὶ διαφόρων λέξεων” p.27 V.] Refs 1st c.AD+]; τοῖς δακτύλοις ὑπεσταλμένοις with closed fingers, [[ 5th c.AD: Aristaenetus Rhetor 1.10; γαστὴρ ὑπεσταλμένη 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “de gymnastica” 34. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 reduce, in passive, to be reduced, ὑποστέλλεται τὸ πλῆθος (i.e. τῆς καθάρσεως) [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.22 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; to be limited, τῷ λεχθέντι ἀριθμῷ [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.29. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__3 draw back for shelter, ὑπὸ βουνόν τινα τοὺς ἱππεῖς [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.21.2, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Crassus” 23, 26 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ὑ. ἑαυτόν shelter oneself behind, τινι or ὑπό τι, [[ [prev. author] “Arat.” 47, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 7.17.1 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; with ἑαυτόν omitted, [[ [prev. author] 6.40.14, etc.: _metaphorically_, ἑαυτόν NT.Gal.2.12, compare 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 7.26. ] NT+3rd c.AD+]
__3.b cover, τᾷδ᾽ ὑπεστάλη κόνει (in a dog's epitaph) [[ “PCair.Zen.” 532.24 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__4 intransitive, to be reduced in size, [[ 3rd c.BC(?): Callixinus Historicus 1 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; to be subordinate, οὐδενὶ ἑτέρῳ [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.32, compare 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.335, 357. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]