διοπτεία
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A seeing through, τὴν δ. ἀκώλυτον παρέχειν Procl.Hyp. 3.17. II use of the διόπτρα, Hero *Deff.135.8.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
διοπτεία: ἡ, παρατήρησις διὰ διόπτρας, Πρόκλ. Ὑποθέσ. 15C, 16Β, κτλ.
Spanish (DGE)
-ας, ἡ
observación mediante un instrumento de precisión (γεωδαισία) χρῆται ὀργάνοις εἰς μὲν τὰς διοπτείας χωρίων διόπτραις, κανόσι Hero Def.135.8, cf. Papp.in Alm.93.1, Procl.Hyp.4.2.