βλέπω

English (LSJ)

Sol.11.8, etc.: impf.

   A ἔβλεπον Batr.67: fut. βλέψομαι D. 25.98, Dor. inf. βλεψεῖσθαι IG4.951.75 (Epid.), later βλέψω LXX Is. 6.9, Aristid.2.46J., etc.: aor. ἔβλεψα (v. infr.): pf. βέβλεφα (ἀπο-) Antip.Stoic.3.254 (codd. Stob.); βέβλοφα (ἐμ-) PLond.1.42.21 (ii A. D.):—Pass., aor. ἐβλέφθην (προσ-) Plu.2.68of: pf. βέβλεμμαι to be supplied in Ath.10.409c, cf. Eust. 1401.16:—chiefly in pres. and aor. Act. in early writers: Med. (exc. fut.) and Pass. only late:—see, have the power of sight (dist. fr. ὁρῶ perceive, be aware of, cf. Plot.6.7.37), opp. τυφλός εἰμι, S.OT302, cf. 348, OC73, Ar. Pl.15, etc.; βλέποντες ἔβλεπον μάτην A.Pr.447; βλέποντας ἀθλιωτάτους Alex.234; μὴ βλέπων ὁ μάντις ᾖ lest he see too clearly, S.OT747; ὁ βλέπων the seer, Hebraism in LXX 1 Ki.9.9; ὀλίγον βλέπων short- sighted, POxy.39.9 (i A. D.).    II look, βλέφ' ὧδε S.Tr.402; ἐπὶ ἐμοί Id.Aj.345 (s. v.l.); εἴς τι A.Pers.802; ἐπί τι Th.7.71; εἰς τὰ τούτων πρόσωπα D. 18.283; πῶς βλέπων; with what face? S.Ph.110; ὄμμασιν ποίοις β. ; Id.OT1371; β. ἅμα πρόσσω καὶ ὀπίσσω Pl.Cra.428d: with Adv., φιλοφρόνως, ἐχθρῶς β. πρός τινας, X.Mem.3.10.4, Smp.4.58: freq. folld. by noun in acc., φόβον β. look terror, i. e. to look terrible, Θυιὰς ὣς φόβον βλέπων A.Th.498; Com., ἔβλεψε νᾶπυ looked mustard, Ar.Eq.631; ἀνδρεῖον . . καὶ βλέποντ' ὀρίγανον Id.Ra.603; βλεπόντων κάρδαμα Id.V.455; πυρρίχην βλέπων looking like a war-dancer, Id.Av. 1169; αἴκειαν βλέπων looking like one disgraced, ib. 1671; σκύτη β., of a slave, Eup.282, Ar.V.643; β. ἀπιστίαν Eup.309: also folld. by Adj., μέγα β. dub. in Semon.19; φθονερὰ β. Pi.N.4.39; γλίσχρον β. Euphro 10.16, cf. Men.Epit.479, Jul.Caes.309c: by inf., ἁρπάζειν β. Men.Epit.181; ὀρχεῖσθαι μόνον β. Alex.97: by part. neut., τί πεφροντικὸς βλέπεις ; E.Alc.773.    2 β. ἐς look to, rely on, εἰς ἔργον οὐδὲν γιγνόμενον βλέπετε Sol.11.8; ἐς θεούς S.Ant.923; οὐκέτ' ἐστὶν εἰς ὅ τι βλέπω Id.Aj.514; ἔς σε δὴ βλέπω, ὅπως . . in the hope that... Id.El.954: metaph. also, have regard to, ἡ πολιτεία β. εἰς πλοῦτον Arist.Pol.1293b14; of aspects, οἰκίαι πρὸς μεσημβρίαν βλέπουσαι... X.Mem.3.8.9; πέτρα βλέπουσα πρὸς νότον Str.4.1.4; κάτω γὰρ οἱ ὀδόντες βλέπουσι Arist.HA502a1; ὅταν τὸ οὖθαρ βλέπῃ κάτω ib.523a2.    3 look longingly, expect, propose, c. inf., Ar.Ach.376, V. 847.    4 look to a thing, beware, ἀπό τινος Ev.Marc.8.15; τι Ep.Phil.3.2: c. acc. pers., β. ἑαυτούς Ev.Marc.13.9; βλέπε σα (υ) τὸν ἀπὸ τῶν Ἰουδαίων BGU1079.24 (i A. D.); β. ἵνα . . 1 Ep.Cor.16.10; β. ἑαυτοὺς ἵνα μὴ . . 2 Ep.Jo.8; βλέπετε τί ἀκούετε Ev.Marc.4.24.    III trans., see, behold, c. acc., S.Aj.1042, etc.; ἐξ αὑτοῦ βλεπόμενον self-evident, S.E.M.1.184; τὰ βλεπόμενα the visible universe, LXX Wi.13.7.    2 ζῇ τε καὶ β. φάος sees the light of day, A.Pers.299, cf. E.Hel. 60; νόστιμον β. φάος A.Pers.261; βλέποντα νῦν μὲν ὄρθ' ἔπειτα δὲ σκότον (i. e. being blind) S.OT419: hence, without φάος, to be alive, ζῶντα καὶ βλέποντα A.Ag.677; βλέποντα κἀμπνέοντα S.Ph.883, cf. 1349, Aj.962; of things, ἀληθῆ καὶ βλέποντα actually existing, A.Ch. 844.    3 look for, μεῖζόν τι β. Pl.Chrm.172c.    4 Astrol. of signs equidistant from the tropical points, to be in aspect, β. ἄλληλα Ptol.Tetr.36, Heph.Astr.1.9. (βλέφαρα occurs in Hom., but not βλέπω exc. in Batr. l.c.)