σκοπός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ (also ἡ, Od.22.396, Call.''Del.''66): ([[σκέπτομαι]]):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[one that watches]], [[one that looks about]] or [[one that looks after]] things, παρὰ δὲ σκοπὸν εἷσεν Il.23.359; <b class="b3">γυναικῶν δμῳάων σ. ἐσσι</b>, of a [[housekeeper]], Od. [[l.c.]]: in Pi., of gods and kings, c. gen. loci, [[guardian]], [[protector]], <b class="b3">Ὀλύμπου σκοπός</b> ''O.''1.54; Δάλου 6.59; <b class="b3">Μαγνήτων σκοπός</b>, of [[Peleus]], ''N.''5.27; τὸν ὑψόθεν σκοπόν, φύλακα βροτῶν A.''Supp.''381 (lyr.); also σκοποὶ τῶν εἰρημένων S.''Ant.'' 215.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[one who watches]] or [[one who looks out]] to [[take advantage]], Od.22.156; [[watchful]], [[jealous]] [[master]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''945.<br><span class="bld">2</span> mostly, [[lookout-man]], [[watcher]], stationed in some high place ([[σκοπιά]]) to [[overlook]] a [[country]], especially in [[war]], Il.2.792, Od.16.365, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''3.2.1, 4.1.1, etc.; hence Ἠέλιον . . θεῶν σ. ἠδὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν ''h.Cer.''62: also, [[game]]-[[watcher]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]'' 1.6.40.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[spy]], [[scout]], Il.10.324, 526,561 (later [[κατάσκοπος]]) σκοπὸς καὶ κατοπτῆρας στρατοῦ ἔπεμψα A.''Th.''36, cf. E.''Tr.''956; of a [[messenger]] who has been sent to [[learn]] [[tidings]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''35, cf. ''Ph.''125; σκοπός, ναῶν κατόπτας E.''Rh.''557 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[mark]] or [[object]] on which one [[fix]]es the [[eye]], σκοπὸν ἄλλον, ὃν οὔ πώ τις βάλεν ἀνήρ, εἴσομαι αἴ κε τύχωμι Od.22.6; [[ἀπὸ σκοποῦ]] = [[away from the mark]], 11.344; <b class="b3">ἀπὸ σκοποῦ εἰρηκέναι, ἀπὸ σκοποῦ εἰρῆσθαι</b>, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''179c, X.''Smp.''2.10; παρὰ σκοπόν Pi.''O.''13.94; <b class="b3">σκοπῷ ἐπέχειν τόξον</b> to [[aim]] at [[it]], ib.2.89; σκοποῦ ἄντα [[τυχεῖν]] Id.''N.''6.27; ἔκυρσας ὥστε τοξότης . . σκοποῦ [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''628; ὥστε τοξόται σκοποῦ, τοξεύετ' ἀνδρὸς τοῦδε S.''Ant.''1033; ἄθλιον σκοπὸν ἐμοὶ ἀκοντίσας Antipho 3.3.6; [[ἐπὶ σκοπὸν βάλλειν]] = [[hit the target]] [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.6.29; παραλλάξαι τοῦ σκοποῦ καὶ [[ἁμαρτεῖν]] [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]'' 194a; [[ἀποτυγχάνω]] τοῦ σκοποῦ Id.''Lg.''744a.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[aim]], [[end]], [[object]], [[οὗτος]] . . δοκεῖ ὁ σκοπὸς εἶναι πρὸς ὃν βλέποντα δεῖ ζῆν Id.''Grg.''507d; τὴν ἡδονὴν σκοπὸν ὀρθὸν πᾶσι ζῴοις γεγονέναι Id.''Phlb.''60a; [[στοχάζεσθαι]] σκοποῦ Id.''R.''519c; ἔστι δὲ σκοπὸς [[τυραννικός|τυραννικὸς]] τὸ ἡδύ, βασιλικὸς δὲ τὸ καλόν = the [[aim]] of a [[tyranny]] is [[pleasure]], while that of a [[monarchy]] is the [[good]] Arist.''Pol.''1311a4, etc.; <b class="b3">σκοπός . .</b>[[nihil]] [[praebere]] his '[[little]] [[game]]' is to [[make]] no [[allowance]], Cic.''Att.'' 15.29.2, cf. Arg. ''ΙΙ'' [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''<br><span class="bld">b</span> Medic., of [[healing]], [[ἐπὶ τῷ πρώτῳ σκοπῷ]] = by [[first]] [[intention]] (i.e. [[direct]] [[union]]), [[κατὰ δεύτερον σκοπόν]] = by [[second]] [[intention]] (i.e. [[granulation]] or [[scar]] [[tissue]]), Gal.1.387, cf. 10.162.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[contest in shooting at a mark]], <b class="b3">σκοπὸς ἱππέων, σκοπὸς πεζῶν</b>, ''IG''9(2).527.16,18 (Larissa).<br><span class="bld">III</span> name of a [[dance]], Eup.446.