σκοπιά: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[σκοπιή]], ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[lookout-place]], in Hom. esp. a [[hill-top]], σκοπιὴν εἰς παιπαλόεσσαν <span class="bibl">Od.10.97</span>; ἀπὸ σκοπιῆς εἶδεν <span class="bibl">Il.4.275</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.4.524</span>; ἥμενος ἐν σκοπιῇ <span class="bibl">Il.5.771</span>; [[ὀπτῆρας δὲ κατὰ σκοπιὰς ὤτρυνα νέεσθαι]] = [[each to his lookout-place]], <span class="bibl">Od.14.261</span>; ἄγγελος . . ἀπὸ τηλαυγέος φαινόμενος σ. <span class="bibl">Thgn.550</span>; [[watch-tower]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.15</span>; ὥσπερ ἀπὸ σ. μοι φαίνεται <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 445c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[peak]], [[height]], of Cithaeron, <span class="bibl">Simon.130</span>; of Athos, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>237</span> (anap.); [[Ἰλιὰς σκοπιά]], of the [[Trojan acropolis]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>931</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>233</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>281</span> (lyr.), etc.; Θάσου σκοπιαί <span class="title">JHS</span>29.93: metaph., <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>9.47</span>:—[[σκοπιαί]] personified as women (Oreads), <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Im.</span>2.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[look-out]], [[watch]], [[σκοπιὴν ἔχειν]] = to [[keep watch]], <span class="bibl">Od.8.302</span>; οὔ κῃ πρόσω σ. ἔχοντες τούτων <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.13</span>; κρυπταὶ σ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.Mag.</span>4.10</span>; σκοπιὴν φυλάσσειν <span class="bibl">Arat.883</span>.</span>