ὕπτι-ος, α, ον,
laid on one's back, frequently in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+], especially of one falling backwards, opposed to πρηνής, πολλοὶ δὲ πρηνεῖς τε καὶ ὕπτιοι ἔκπεσον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.179; ὁ δ᾽ ὕ. ἐν κονίῃσι.. πέσε 15.434, compare 4.522, +others, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 811; τὸν δ᾽ ὕ. ὦσ᾽ ἀπὸ δουρός 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.863; ἄλλοτ᾽ ἐπὶ πλευρὰς κατακείμενος, ἄλλοτε δ᾽ αὖτε ὕ., ἄλλοτε δὲ πρηνής, of Achilles in his grief, 24.11 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὕ. ἀποθανέειν to die lying on one's back, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.190; ῥέγκει.. ὕ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 104; ὕπτιον καθεύδειν οὐδενὶ βέλτιόν ἐστιν Diocl. fragment 141; κατεκλίνη ὕ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 117e, compare 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.87, +others, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).56, +others; ὑ. ἀνατετραμμένος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 278c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a quadruped, ὀρθοῦ ἑστεῶτος.. καὶ ὑπτίου standing upright and lying on its back, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.38, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 5.202 (3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II ὕ. μέρη, in animals, the under parts, i.e. the belly, opposed to τὰ πρανῆ (the upper parts, the back), [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 658a16, +others, compare πρανής 11: hence 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.10.2, 3.14.2 uses ὕπτιος] Refs 4th c.BC+] of the smoother upper surface of leaves, opposed to πρανής of the rougher and under: γαστὴρ ὑ. the belly uppermost, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 326 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the hand, ἐκτείνειν τὴν χεῖρ᾽ ὑ. to hold out the hand with the under side uppermost, to hold out the hollow of the hand, so as to receive something, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 782; τὴν χεῖρα νῦν μὲν ὑ., νῦν δὲ πρηνῆ προτείνας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 11; τῆς χειρὸς ὑ. τὸ μέσον [prev. author] “Crass.” 18; ὑ. ταῖς χερσὶν ὑποδέχεσθαί τι 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 1.6; ἐδέξαντο ὑπτίαις χερσὶ τὸν τῶν πολεμίων στρατόν 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “de Bello Gothico” 3.16.19; οὐλὴ καρπῷ δεξιῷ ὑπτίῳ “PLond.” 2.259.81 (1st c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ὑ. τὰς χεῖρας ἀνατείνειν lift the upturned hands in prayers, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Comp. Phil.Flam.” 2, compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.1; ταῖς χερσὶν ὑπτίαις διαλέγεσθαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 33.52 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἐξ ὑπτίας νεῖν swim or float on one's back, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 665, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 529c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]