ἀπόσκοπος
From LSJ
Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)
English (LSJ)
ον,
A erring from the mark, οὐκ . . ἀ. οὐδ' ἀδαήμων Emp.62.3. II beholding from afar, Hsch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 325] 1) von fern, od. von obenher betrachtend, spähend, Empedocl. 197. – 2) das Ziel verfehlend, unzweckmäßig, Sp.
