κατόπτης
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
ου, ὁ, A = κατοπτήρ 1, h.Merc.372, Hdt.3.17, 21, etc. 2 one who visits or one who explores, κλιμάτων καὶ ἐθνῶν Vett. Val.330.15; one who contemplates, οὐρανοῦ Ph. Bybl. ap. Eus.PE1.10. II overseer, spy, κατόπτης δ' εἴμ' ἐγὼ τῶν πραγμάτων A.Th.41; ὦ Ζεῦ διόπτα καὶ κατόπτα Ar.Ach.435. 2 κατόπτας, ὁ, title of an officer in Boeotian towns, IG7.303.21 (Oropus), 3172.140 (Orchomenus).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1404] ὁ, = κατοπτήρ; H. h. Merc. 372; στρατοῦ Aesch. Spt. 351; Eur. Rhes. 150; Her. 3, 17. 21. – Ar. Ach. 410 abdi ὦ Ζεῦ διόπτα καὶ κατόπτα πανταχῇ, der von oben her Alles schau't; κατόπτης δ' εἴμ' ἐγὼ τῶν πραγμάτων, ich sehe, betrachte Alles, Aesch. Spt. 41.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (ὁ) :
1 qui observe d'en haut, qui contemple, gén.;
2 éclaireur, espion.
Étymologie: κατόψομαι.
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
κατόπτης -ου, ὁ [καθοράω] spion. ooggetuige, toeschouwer.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
κατόπτης: ου ὁ
1 разведчик (στρατοῦ Aesch.);
2 созерцатель, наблюдатель (τῶν πραγμάτων Aesch.): ὦ Ζεῦ διόπτα καὶ κατόπτα πανταχῇ! Arph. о Зевс, проникающий взглядом во все и все обозревающий!
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κατόπτης: -ου, ὁ, = κατοπτήρ Ι, Ὁμ. Ὕμν. εἰς Ἑρμ. 372, Ἡρόδ. 3. 17, 21, Αἰσχύλ. Θήβ. 36, κτλ. II. ἐπόπτης, ὁ ἐπιβλέπων, τῶν πραγμάτων Αἰσχύλ. Θήβ. 41· ὦ Ζεῦ κατόπτα Ἀριστοφ. Ἀχ. 435, πρβλ. διόπτης. 2) κατόπτας, ἦτο τὸ ᾆσμα ἄρχοντος ἐν ταῖς Βοιωτικαῖς πόλεσι, πεδὰ τῶν πολεμάρχων καὶ τῶν κατοπτάων Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 1569. 11., 1570a, 21, 22.
Greek Monolingual
ο (Α κατόπτης)
αυτός που κατοπτεύει, ο παρατηρητής, ο κατάσκοπος
αρχ.
1. εξερευνητής
2. αυτός που επιβλέπει, που διευθύνει («ὦ Ζεῡ διόπτα καὶ κατόπτα πανταχῆ», Αριστοφ.)
3. αυτόπτης («αὐτὸς κατόπτης δ' εἴμ' ἐγὼ τῶν πραγμάτων», Αισχύλ.)
4. στον πληθ. (στις βοιωτικές πόλεις) οἱ κατόπται
οικονομικοί έφοροι.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κατ(α)- + -όπτης (< θ. ὀπ- του ὄπωπα «βλέπω»), πρβλ. διόπτης, επόπτης].
Greek Monotonic
κατόπτης: -ου, ὁ (ὄψομαι, μέλ. του ὁράω),
I. κατάσκοπος, ανιχνευτής, σε Ομηρ. Ύμν., Ηρόδ., Αισχύλ. κ.λπ.
II. επιστάτης, επόπτης, τῶν πραγμάτων, σε Αισχύλ.
Middle Liddell
κατ-όπτης, ου, ὄψομαι, fut. of ὁράω
I. a spy, scout, Hhymn., Hdt., Aesch., etc.
II. an overseer, τῶν πραγμάτων Aesch.
English (Woodhouse)
Translations
spy
Afrikaans: spioen; Albanian: përgjues,; Arabic: جَاسُوس; Andalusian Arabic: دَيْسُوس; Armenian: լրտես; Assamese: চোৰাংচোৱা; Avar: жасус; Azerbaijani: casus; Belarusian: шпіён, шпег, шпік, шпіёнка; Bengali: গুপ্তচর, গুপ্তচর; Bulgarian: шпионин, шпионка; Burmese: သူလျှို; Catalan: espia; Chechen: шпион; Chinese Mandarin: 間諜, 间谍; Czech: vyzvědač, vyzvědačka, špión, špiónka, špeh; Danish: spion; Dhivehi: ޖާސޫސް; Dutch: spion, spionne; Esperanto: spiono; Estonian: spioon; Faroese: njósnari; Finnish: vakooja, vakoilija; French: espion, espionne; Galician: espía; Georgian: ჯაშუში, შპიონი, მოთვალთვალე, მსტოვარი; German: Spion, Spionin, Spitzel, Schlapphut, Schnüffler; Gothic: 𐍆𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰; Greek: κατάσκοπος; Ancient Greek: κατάσκοπος; Hebrew: מְרַגֵל, מרגלת; Hindi: जासूस, गुप्तचर; Hungarian: kém, spion; Icelandic: njósnari; Indonesian: mata-mata; Irish: spiaire, brathadóir; Italian: spia; Japanese: 密偵, 探偵, 諜報員, スパイ, 間諜, 密使; Kazakh: шпион, тыңшы; Khmer: ចារបុរស; Korean: 간첩(間諜), 스파이; Kurdish Northern Kurdish: sîxur, casûs, diznêr, xefnêr, şofar, spiyon; Kyrgyz: шпион, тыңчы; Lak: ясус; Lao: ໃສ້ເສິກ, ເຊີຽ, ຈາລະບຸລຸດ, ນັກສືບ; Latin: speculator, speculatrix; ēmissārius, ōtacustēs; Latvian: spiegs, spiedze; Lithuanian: šnipas, šnipė; Macedonian: шпион, шпионка; Malagasy: mitsikilo; Malay: pengintip; Malayalam: ചാരൻ; Maori: tūtei, pūrahorua, kaitūtei, pūrahorua; Mongolian Cyrillic: тагнуул, тагнуулч; Navajo: naalchiʼí; Norman: êpieux, espion; Norwegian Bokmål: spion; Nynorsk: spion; Occitan: espion; Old English: sċēawere; Ossetian: шпион, дзырдхӕссӕг; Pashto: جاسوس; Persian: جاسوس; Plautdietsch: Spiejoon; Polish: szpieg, szpion; Portuguese: espião; Romanian: spion, spioană; Russian: шпион, шпионка, агент, шпик; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: шпѝјӯн, шпѝјӯнка, у̀хода; Roman: špìjūn, špìjūnka, ùhoda; Slovak: špión, špiónka,, špeh, vyzvedač, vyzvedačka, zved, sliedič, sliedička; Slovene: vohun, vohunka; Sotho: tlhwela; Spanish: espía, chivato; Swahili: jasusi, mpelelezi; Swedish: spion; Tabasaran: жасус; Tagalog: batyaw; Tajik: ҷосус, шпион; Tatar: шпион; Telugu: వేగు, గూఢచారి; Thai: สายลับ; Tibetan: སོ་པ; Tocharian B: pälkostau; Turkish: ajan, casus, çaşıt; Turkmen: içaly; Tuvan: шивишкин; Ukrainian: шпигун, шпигунка, шпиг, шпик; Urdu: جاسوس; Uyghur: جاسۇس, ئىشپىيون; Uzbek: josus, shpion; Vietnamese: gián điệp; Volapük: spionan, hispionan, jispionan; Yakut: үспүйүөн; Yiddish: שפּיאָן; Zazaki: casus
