ἰδοῦ
ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief
English (LSJ)
( ἴδου Hdn.Gr. ap. Choerob.in Theod.2.140), aor.2 imper.Med. of ὁράω; but, II ἰδού (on the accent v. Hdn.Gr.1.417, al.), as Adv., lo! behold! (even with words of hearing, ἰδοὺ δοῦπον αὖ κλύω τινά S.Aj.870 (lyr.), cf.El.1410): 1 with Nouns and Prons., ἰ. χελιδών Klein Meistersign.133 (Attic vase, vi B.C.), etc.; ἰ. ἐγώ here am I, LXX Ge.27.1,al.; ἰ. ἡ μνᾶ σοι Ev.Luc.19.20; οὐκ ἰ. Ἀαρών; LXXEx.4.14. 2 with Verbs, a in the imper., ἰ. θεᾶσθε S.Tr.1079, Ar.Ach.366; esp. in offering a thing, take it! ἰ. δέχου παῖ S.Ph.776. b in ind. of all tenses, ἰ. πείθομαι E.Or.143 (lyr.): freq. in LXX and NT with past tenses, Ge.24.15,al., Ev.Matt.27.51, al.; in the middle of a sentence, Ev.Luc.13.16. 3 with questions, ἰ., τί ἔστιν; Ar.Nu.825, Eq.157. 4 in repeating another's words quizzingly, as ἰδού γ' ἄκρατον wine, quotha! ib.87; ἰ. λέγειν ib.344; ἰδού γε κλέπτειν Id.Th.206, cf. Ec.136.
