ἐπίσκοπος: Difference between revisions

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