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|Definition=<span class="bibl">Sol.11.8</span>, etc.: impf. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἔβλεπον <span class="bibl">Batr.67</span>: fut. βλέψομαι <span class="bibl">D. 25.98</span>, Dor. inf. βλεψεῖσθαι <span class="title">IG</span>4.951.75 (Epid.), later βλέψω <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Is.</span> 6.9</span>, Aristid.2.46J., etc.: aor. [[ἔβλεψα]] (v. infr.): pf. [[βέβλεφα]] (ἀπο-) <span class="bibl">Antip.Stoic.3.254</span> (codd. Stob.); [[βέβλοφα]] (ἐμ-) <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>1.42.21</span> (ii A. D.):—Pass., aor. [[ἐβλέφθην]] (προσ-) Plu.2.68of: pf. [[βέβλεμμαι]] to be supplied in <span class="bibl">Ath.10.409c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Eust. 1401.16</span>:—chiefly in pres. and aor. Act. in early writers: Med. (exc. fut.) and Pass. only late:—[[see]], [[have the power of sight]] (distinct from [[ὁρῶ]] [[perceive]], [[be aware of]], cf. <span class="bibl">Plot.6.7.37</span>), opp. <b class="b3">τυφλός εἰμι</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>302</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">348</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OC</span>73</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Pl.</span>15</span>, etc.; βλέποντες ἔβλεπον μάτην <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>447</span>; βλέποντας ἀθλιωτάτους <span class="bibl">Alex.234</span>; <b class="b3">μὴ βλέπων ὁ μάντις ᾖ</b> lest he [[see too clearly]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>747</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ βλέπων</b> [[the seer]], Hebraism in <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">1 Ki.</span>9.9</span>; <b class="b3">ὀλίγον βλέπων</b> short- [[sighted]], POxy.39.9 (i A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[look]], βλέφ' ὧδε <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>402</span>; ἐπὶ ἐμοί <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span>345</span> ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]); εἴς τι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>802</span>; ἐπί τι <span class="bibl">Th.7.71</span>; εἰς τὰ τούτων πρόσωπα <span class="bibl">D. 18.283</span>; <b class="b3">πῶς βλέπων</b>;with what <b class="b2">face?</b> <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>110</span>; ὄμμασιν ποίοις β. ;<span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>1371</span>; β. ἅμα πρόσσω καὶ ὀπίσσω <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>428d</span>: with Adv., <b class="b3">φιλοφρόνως, ἐχθρῶς β. πρός τινας</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.10.4</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Smp.</span>4.58</span>: freq. followed by noun in acc., <b class="b3">φόβον β</b>. [[look]] terror, i. e. to [[look]] terrible, Θυιὰς ὣς φόβον βλέπων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>498</span>; Com., <b class="b3">ἔβλεψε νᾶπυ</b> [[looked]] mustard, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>631</span>; ἀνδρεῖον… καὶ βλέποντ' ὀρίγανον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ra.</span>603</span>; βλεπόντων κάρδαμα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">V.</span>455</span>; <b class="b3">πυρρίχην βλέπων</b> [[looking like]] a war-dancer, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Av.</span> 1169</span>; <b class="b3">αἴκειαν βλέπων</b> [[looking like]] one disgraced, ib. <span class="bibl">1671</span>; <b class="b3">σκύτη β</b>., of a slave, <span class="bibl">Eup.282</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>643</span>; β. ἀπιστίαν <span class="bibl">Eup.309</span>: also followed by Adj., <b class="b3">μέγα β</b>. dub. in <span class="bibl">Semon.19</span>; φθονερὰ β. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>4.39</span>; γλίσχρον β. <span class="bibl">Euphro 10.16</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Epit.</span>479</span>, <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Caes.</span>309c</span>: by inf., ἁρπάζειν β. <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Epit.</span>181</span>; ὀρχεῖσθαι μόνον β. <span class="bibl">Alex.97</span>: by part. neut., τί πεφροντικὸς βλέπεις ;<span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>773</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">β. ἐς</b> [[look]] to, [[rely]] on, εἰς ἔργον οὐδὲν γιγνόμενον βλέπετε <span class="bibl">Sol.11.8</span>; ἐς θεούς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>923</span>; οὐκέτ' ἐστὶν εἰς ὅ τι βλέπω <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span>514</span>; <b class="b3">ἔς σε δὴ βλέπω, ὅπως</b>… in the hope that... <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>954</span>: metaph. also, [[have regard]] to, ἡ πολιτεία β. εἰς πλοῦτον <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1293b14</span>; of aspects, <b class="b3">οἰκίαι πρὸς μεσημβρίαν βλέπουσαι</b>... <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.8.9</span>; πέτρα βλέπουσα πρὸς νότον <span class="bibl">Str.4.1.4</span>; κάτω γὰρ οἱ ὀδόντες βλέπουσι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>502a1</span>; <b class="b3">ὅταν τὸ οὖθαρ βλέπῃ κάτω</b> ib.<span class="bibl">523a2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[look longingly]], [[expect]], [[propose]], c. inf., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>376</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">V.</span> 847</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[look to]] a thing, [[beware]], ἀπό τινος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Marc.</span>8.15</span>; τι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Phil.</span>3.2</span>: c. acc. pers., β. ἑαυτούς <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Marc.</span>13.9</span>; βλέπε σα (υ) τὸν ἀπὸ τῶν Ἰουδαίων <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1079.24</span> (i A. D.); <b class="b3">β. ἵνα</b>… <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Cor.</span>16.10</span>; <b class="b3">β. ἑαυτοὺς ἵνα μὴ</b>… <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Jo.</span>8</span>; βλέπετε τί ἀκούετε <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Marc.</span>4.24</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> trans., [[see]], [[behold]], c. acc., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1042</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐξ αὑτοῦ βλεπόμενον</b> self-[[evident]], <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>1.184</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ βλεπόμενα</b> [[the visible universe]], <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Wi.</span>13.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ζῇ τε καὶ β. φάος</b> [[sees]] the light of day, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>299</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span> 60</span>; νόστιμον β. φάος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>261</span>; <b class="b3">βλέποντα νῦν μὲν ὄρθ' ἔπειτα δὲ σκότον</b> (i. e. being blind) <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>419</span>: hence, without [[φάος]], to [[be alive]], ζῶντα καὶ βλέποντα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>677</span>; βλέποντα κἀμπνέοντα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>883</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1349</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Aj.</span>962</span>; of things, <b class="b3">ἀληθῆ καὶ βλέποντα</b> [[actually existing]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span> 844</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[look for]], μεῖζόν τι β. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Chrm.</span>172c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> Astrol. of signs equidistant from the tropical points, to [[be in aspect]], β. ἄλληλα <span class="bibl">Ptol.<span class="title">Tetr.</span>36</span>, <span class="bibl">Heph.Astr.1.9</span>. ([[βλέφαρα]] occurs in Hom., but not [[βλέπω]] exc. in Batr. [[l.c.]])</span>