σκέπτομαι

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Il.17.652, Thgn.1095, and Ion., Hdt.3.37, al., Hp.Prog.2, Herod.7.92; but Att. writers (before Arist.) hardly ever have the pres. and impf. σκέπτομαι, ἐσκεπτόμην (exc. Pl.La.185b, Alc.2.140a; in Th.8.66, Bauer restored plpf. προὔσκεπτο), but use σκοπῶ or σκοποῦμαι as pres., and take the other tenses from σκέπτομαι, fut.

   A σκέψομαι Ar.Pax 29, Th.6.40, etc.; aor. ἐσκεψάμην A.Ch.229, S.Aj.1028, E.Ion 206 (lyr.), Th.6.38, etc.; pf. ἔσκεμμαι E.Heracl.147, Hp.VM24, etc.: cf. σκοπέω:—but the pf. is used also in pass. sense, as also some other tenses, v. infr. 11.4.    I look about carefully, spy, σκεψάμενος δ' ἐς νῆα θοὴν ἅμα καὶ μεθ' ἑταίρους Od. 12.247; so σκέψασθε δ' ἐς τόνδ' E.Hipp.943: c. acc., σκέπτετ' ὀϊστῶν τε ῥοῖζον καὶ δοῦπον ἀκόντων he looked after the whistling of the darts (so as to shun them), Il.16.361; σκέπτεο δὴ νῦν ἄλλον Thgn.1095; σκεπτόμενος τοὺς νεκρούς Hdt.3.37; σκέψαι . . βόστρυχον τριχός look well at it, A.Ch.229; τὴν ἔγχελυν Ar.Ach.889; κλόνον E.Ion206 (lyr.); τὰ ἔνδον X.HG4.4.8; τιν' ἐς δὲ μωρίαν ἐσκεμμένοι looking into you and seeing . ., E.Heracl.147: folld. by an Interrog., σκέπτεο νῦν... αἴ κεν ἴδηαι Il.17.652; σ. πόθεν ἡ στάσις, ἢ τίς ὁ θρύλλος Batr.135; τί εἴη τὸ κωλῦον X.An.4.5.20; εἰ εἴη ἴχνη ἀνθρώπων ib.7.3.42: abs., look at, examine, Hdt.4.196; σκέψασθε, παῖδες look, lads! Ar.Eq.419.    2 examine, τῷ δακτύλῳ τι Hp.Nat.Mul.7.    II later of the mind, view, examine, consider, σκέψασθε . . τὴν τύχην δυοῖν βροτοῖν S.Aj.1028; σκέψαι δὲ τοῦτο πρῶτον Id.OT584; ὃ πολλάκις ἐσκεψάμην Th.6.38, etc.; τὸ δίκαιον E.Or.494; μηδὲν ἐσκέφθαι δίκ. D.21.192; πρὸς ἑαυτόν τι Pl.Phd.95e; ἐκ τῶνδε σκέψαι from these facts, X.Mem.2.6.38, cf. D.2.17; περί τινος Pl.La.185c, Cra.401a; σκέψασθαι ἀπὸ τῶν παίδων judge by what children do, Ar.Pl.576; ἐν σοὶ σκεψώμεθα Pl.Sph. 239b: abs., σκέψασθέ νυν ἄμεινον E.Or.1291; σκεψώμεθα δή Ar.Th. 802; σκέψασθε δέ· only consider, to call people's attention to a point, Antipho 6.41, Th.1.143: folld. by a clause with οἷος, ὁποῖος, ὡς, A. Pr.1014, S.Tr.1077, E.IA1377, etc.; by ὅτῳ τρόπῳ, Th.1.107; by πῶς... πόθεν... πότερον . . ἤ . ., X.An.4.5.22, 5.4.7, 3.2.20, etc.; by εἰ, consider whether or no, S.El.442, Ar.Pax 29, Eq.1141, X.An.3.2.22; in full, σ. τοῦτο, εἰ . . S.OT584; τί ἐστιν ἡ ἀρετὴ σκεπτόμεθα Arist.EN1103b28.    2 rarely, think or deem a thing to be so and so, καλλίω θάνατον σκεψάμενος Pl.Lg.854c.    3 think of beforehand, provide, σκεπτόμεθα τἀναγκαῖ' ἑκάστης ἡμέρας Philem.120; τὸ συμφέρον Pl.R.342a; prepare, premeditate, λόγους D.24.158; εἴ τι χρήσιμον ἐσκεμμένος ἥκει Id.1.1: c. inf., plan, Th.8.63.    4 pf. in pass. sense, πάντα ἐσκεμμένα ἡτοίμασται with consideration, Id.7.62; σκοπεῖτε οὖν. Answ. ἔσκεπται Pl.R.369b, cf. X.HG3.3.8, D.21.191, 61.7: also 3 fut. Pass. ἐσκέψεται Pl.R.392c; aor. ἐσκέφθην, ες τὸ σκεφθῆναι for observation, Hp.de Arte 11; aor. 2 and fut. 2 ἐσκέπην (ἐπ-) , σκεπήσομαι (ἐπι-), LXX Nu.1.19, 1 Ki.20.18.