I. trans., shrink in fear under, cower before, c. acc., Hom., who uses mostly the aor. (usu. written with double δ for δϝ, v. δείδω), ὑπέδδεισαν, ὑποδδείσαντες, Il.1.406, 12.413, al.; “ὑποδείσατε” Od.2.66: Ep. pf. 2 and plpf., “ὑποδείδια” 17.564, Philet.8, “ὑπεδείδισαν” Il.5.521: Ep. pf. 1 “ὑπαιδείδοικα” h.Merc.165: literally, of birds, cower beneath, “μέγαν αἰγυπιὸν ὑποδείσαντες” S.Aj. 169 (anap.).
ὑποδείδω ,