ἐπίσκοπος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> ([[σκοπός]] ''Ι'') [[one who watches over]], [[overseer]], [[guardian]], <b class="b3">ἦ γὰρ ὄλωλας ἐπίσκοπος, ὅς τέ μιν αὐτὴν ῥύσκευ</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τὴν πόλιν</b>), of [[Hector]], Il.24.729, ἐ... ὁδαίων Od.8.163; <b class="b3">ἐπίσκοποι ἁρμονιάων</b> [[watcher]]s [[over]] [[compact]]s, of the gods, Il.22.255; νεκροῦ S.''Ant.''217; σῆς ἕδρας Id.''OC''112; <b class="b3">ἐπίσκοπος ὀϊστῶν</b>, of an [[archer]], [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Theoc.24.107; in education, [[tutor]], Pl.''Lg.''795d; <b class="b3">ἐπίσκοπος σωφροσύνης καὶ ὕβρεως</b> ib.849a: c.dat., <b class="b3">ἀγυιαῖς ἔσσῃ καὶ λιμένεσσιν ἐ.</b> Call.''Dian.''39; especially of tutelary gods (cf. [[ἐπισκοπέω]], Παλλὰς ἐ. Sol.4.3; [[Δίκη]] Pl.''Lg.''872e; Κλειὼ ἐ. χερνίβων Simon.45; <b class="b3">Χάριτες Μινυᾶν ἐ.</b> Pi.''O.''14.3; θεοὶ ἐ. ἀγορᾶς A.''Th.''272; [[πατρῴων]] <b class="b3">δωμάτων ἐπίσκοπος</b> Id.''Ch.''126; <b class="b3">τὸ δεινὸν.. φρενῶν ἐπίσκοπον</b> [[guardian]] of the [[mind]], Id.''Eu.''518 (lyr.); <b class="b3">νυχίων φθεγμάτων ἐ.</b>, of [[Bacchus]], S.''Ant.'' 1148 (lyr); [[Ἐρινύες]] ''IG''12(9).1179.33 (Euboea, ii A.D.); [Χριστὸς] ἐπίσκοπος τῶν ψυχῶν ''1 Ep.Pet.''2.25: rarely c. dat., πᾶσι γὰρ ἐ. ἐτάχθη.. Νέμεσις Pl.''Lg.''717d.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[scout]], [[watch]], c.dat., <b class="b3">ἐ. Τρώεσσι, νήεσσιν ἡμετέρῃσιν</b>, [[one set to watch]] them, Il.10.38,342.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. [[supervisor]], [[inspector]], sent by Athens to [[subject]] [[state]]s, Ar.''Av.''1023, ''IG''12.10,11; of [[municipal]] [[official]]s at [[Rhodes]], ib.12(1).49.42 (ii/i B.C.): generally, ''PPetr.''3 P.75 (iii B.C.), etc.<br><span class="bld">4</span>. [[ecclesiastical]] [[superintendent]], ἐπίσκοποι καὶ διάκονοι ''Ep.Phil.''1.1, cf.''Act.Ap.''20.28, ''1 Ep.Ti.''3.2, etc.<br /><br />(B), ον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> ([[σκοπός]] ''ΙΙ'') [[hitting the mark]], [[successful]], [[βάλλειν]] ἐ. Them.''Or.''11.143a (Sup.); [[τοξότης]] Him.''Ecl.''14.3; [[ἠχή]] Opp.''C.''1.42; [[reaching]], [[touching]], νίκης μὴ κακῆς ἐπίσκοπα A.''Eu.''903; <b class="b3">ἄτηστῆσδ' ἐ. μέλος</b> having [[regard]] to the [[calamity]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''976: neut. pl. [[ἐπίσκοπα]], as adverb, [[successfully]], [[with]] [[good]] [[aim]], [[ἐπίσκοπα]] [[τοξεύειν]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.35, Jul.''Or.''1.11c: regul. Adv. [[ἐπισκόπως]], [[ἀκοντίζειν]] ἢ [[τοξεύειν]] Alcid.''Soph.''7, cf. Poll.6.205: Comp. ἐπισκοπώτερα, [[βάλλειν]] Them.''Or.''8.116b: Sup. ἐπισκοπώτατα Poll.1.215. Cf. [[εὔστοχος]], [[εὔσκοπος]].