εὔσκοπος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ep. [[ἐΰσκοπος]], ον, ([[σκοπέω]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[keen-sighted]], [[watchful]], ἐΰσκοπος [[Ἀργεϊφόντης]] <span class="bibl">Il.24.24</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.7.137</span>; of [[Artemis]], <span class="bibl">11.198</span> (cf. ''ΙΙ''); of [[Heracles]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.143</span>; of Pan, <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">H.</span>11.9</span>; of men, <span class="title">AP</span>11.112 (Nicarch.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[far-seen]], of stars and light, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>2</span> (v.l.), <span class="bibl">A.R.4.1716</span>; of places, [[commanding a wide view]], τὰ εὐσκοπώτατα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.3.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>628a11</span> ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] [[εὐσκεπῆ]]), <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cat.Ma.</span>13</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> ([[σκοπός]]) [[shooting well]], [[of unerring aim]] (as some explain <span class="bibl">Od.11.198</span>), of [[Apollo]], Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.61</span>; [[Βριτόμαρτις]] <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span>190</span>; τόξοις πρόσωθεν εὐσκόποις χειρουμένη <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>694</span>; εὐσκοπώτερα βάλλειν <span class="bibl">Hld.9.5</span>. Adv. [[εὐσκόπως]], [[βάλλειν]] <span class="bibl">Ph.2.355</span>: metaph., [[ἐξομοιοῦν]] <span class="bibl">Id.1.681</span>; εὐ. ἔχειν τῶν ἀποκρίσεων <span class="bibl">Philostr. <span class="title">VS</span>2.1.9</span>.</span>