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|Definition=Ep. [[ἐΰσκοπος]], ον, ([[σκοπέω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[keen-sighted]], [[watchful]], ἐΰσκοπος [[Ἀργεϊφόντης]] Il.24.24, Od.7.137; of [[Artemis]], 11.198 (cf. ''ΙΙ''); of [[Heracles]], Theoc.25.143; of [[Pan]], Orph.H.11.9; of men, AP11.112 (Nicarch.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[far-seen]], of stars and light, Ar.Ec.2 (v.l.), A.R.4.1716; of places, [[commanding a wide view]], τὰ εὐσκοπώτατα X.Cyr.6.3.2, cf. Arist.HA628a11 ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] [[εὐσκεπής|εὐσκεπῆ]]), Plu.Cat.Ma.13.<br><span class="bld">II</span> ([[σκοπός]]) [[shooting well]], of [[unerring]] [[aim]] (as some explain Od.11.198), of [[Apollo]], Orac. ap. Hdt.5.61; [[Βριτόμαρτις]] Call.Dian.190; τόξοις πρόσωθεν εὐσκόποις χειρουμένη A.Ch.694; εὐσκοπώτερα [[βάλλειν]] Hld.9.5. Adv. [[εὐσκόπως]], [[βάλλειν]] Ph.2.355: metaph., [[ἐξομοιοῦν]] Id.1.681; εὐ. ἔχειν τῶν ἀποκρίσεων Philostr. VS2.1.9.