περιωπή

English (LSJ)

ἡ, (ὤψ)

   A place commanding a wide view, Il.14.8, 23.451, Od.10.146, Pl.Plt.272e ; παράκτιος π. AP 6.167 (Agath.) ; ἐκ περιωπῆς from a place of vantage, by a bird's-eye view, Luc.Symp.11, Im.1 ; ἐκ π. τοῦ Πηλίου from the summit of P., Philostr.Her.19.1.    II circumspection, πολλὴν π. τινὸς ποιεῖσθαι to show much caution in a thing, Th.4.87.    III contemplation, ἐπιστήμης, τοῦ θείου, Procl in Alc.pp.19,21 C. : pl., ταῖς τοῦ νοῦ π. Dam.Pr.54.