καθοράω

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Ion. κατ-, impf.

   A καθεώρων X.Cyr.3.2.10, Ion. 3sg. κατώρα Hdt.7.208: pf. καθεώρακα Pl.Lg.905b: fut. κατόψομαι Hdt.3.17: 3sg. pf. κατῶπται Pl.R.432b: aor. 1 κατώφθην Id.Phlb.46b: for aor. Act., v. κατεῖδον:— look down, ἐξ Ἴδης καθορῶν Il.11.337; ἐπί τινος Hdt.7.44:— Med., ἐπὶ Θρῃκῶν καθορώμενος αἶαν Il.13.4.    II trans., look down upon, ὅσους θνητοὺς ἠέλιος καθορᾷ Sol.14, cf. Thgn.168, 616, X.Cyr. 3.2.10; ὑψόθεν τὸν τῶν κάτω βίον Pl.Sph.216c, etc.: metaph., φρένα Δίαν κ., ὄψιν ἄβυσσον A.Supp.1058 (lyr.):—Med., Τροίην κατὰ πᾶσαν ὁρᾶται Il.24.291.    2 have within view, see distinctly, descry, Hdt. 7.208, 9.59, Ar.Nu.326, Pl.R.516a, etc.:—Pass., Th.3.20, 112, Pl. Phlb.38d, etc.    3 behold, observe, perceive, Pi.P.9.49, E.Fr.910.5 (anap.); καθορᾶν τι ἔν τινι to observe something therein, Pl.Lg. 905b, cf. Grg.457c; τι ἐν τῇ ζητήσει Id.R.368e; ἵν' ἃ πανουργεῖς μὴ καθορᾷ σου that he may not observe thy knavish tricks, Ar.Eq.803; also κ. τὰς τρίχας εἰ . . to look and see whether... Hdt.2.38.    4 explore, τὰ ἄλλα Id.3.17, cf. 123.    5 regard, reverence, τὸ τοῦ θεοῦ κράτος LXX 3 Ma.3.11.