σκοπέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=used by early writers only in pres. and impf. Act. and Med. (v. infr. 11), the other tenses being supplied by <b class="b3">σκέπτομαι</b> (q.v.):—but in later writers we find fut. <b class="b3">σκοπήσω</b>, Anon.<span class="title">Prog.</span> in <span class="bibl">Rh.1.615</span> W., <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>3.10</span> (f.l.), (ἐπι-) <span class="bibl">Babr. 103.8</span>, (κατα-) <span class="bibl">Hld.5.4</span>: aor. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἐσκόπησα <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Sign.</span>1</span> (προ-), <span class="bibl">Plb. <span class="title">Fr.</span>54</span> (s.v.l.) (περι-), <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>12.28</span>, etc.: and of Med., aor. <b class="b3">ἐσκοπησάμην</b> (περι-) Luc.<span class="title">VH</span>1.32: pf. <b class="b3">ἐσκόπημαι</b> (προαν-) <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>17.5.6</span>: (cf. <b class="b3">σκέπτομαι</b>):—<b class="b2">behold, contemplate</b> (rather of particulars than of universals, of which <b class="b3">θεωρέω</b> is more commonly used, but οἱ τὸν ἥλιον ἐκλείποντα θεωροῦντες καὶ σκοπούμενοι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>99d</span>), ἄστρον <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.5</span>; πλοῦν μὴ 'ξ ἀπόπτου μᾶλλον ἢ 'γγύθεν σκοπεῖν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>467</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>490</span>; τὰ πόρρω <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Rh.</span>482</span>; τὰ ἔμπροσθεν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.3.14(17)</span>; <b class="b2">examine, inspect</b>, καταθεῖναί τι . . σκοπεῖν τῷ βουλομένῳ <span class="title">IG</span> 12(5).480 (Athenian law, v B.C.); σ. παραγραφάς <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLips.</span>38 ii 2</span> (iv A.D.): abs., <b class="b3">ἄλλοσε σ</b>. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1474</span>; <b class="b3">σκοπεῖτε</b> <b class="b2">look out, watch</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>232</span>, etc.: folld. by a clause, σ. ὅπου . . <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>16</span>; σ. ποῦ . . <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.2.1</span>, etc.: folld. by a Prep., σ. εἰς . . <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>812.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>305b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b2">look to</b> or <b class="b2">into, consider, examine</b>, <b class="b3">τὰ ἑωυτοῦ σ</b>. <b class="b2">look to</b> one's own affairs, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.8</span>; τὸ σεαυτοῦ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>232d</span>; τὸ ὑμέτερον <span class="bibl">Antipho 4.2.8</span>; καιρόν <span class="bibl">Th.4.23</span>; τὸ συμφέρον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>342b</span>sq.; τὸ πρὸς ποσί <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>130</span>; <b class="b3">τοὺς νόμους πρὸς τοὺς τῇδε</b> with reference to the laws here, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>24a</span>; τι πρὸς ἐμαυτόν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Euthphr.</span>9c</span>: abs., σκοπῶν εὕρισκον ἴασιν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>68</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>282</span>: folld. by an acc. and interrog. clause, or μή... σ. τὴν τελευτὴν κῇ ἀποβήσεται <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.32</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>506</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OT</span>407</span>: folld. by an interrog. clause alone, σ. πόθεν χρὴ ἄρξασθαι <span class="bibl">And.1.8</span>; σ. εἰ . . <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>41</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>862a</span> (Med.); ὅπως . . <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.2.26</span>: sts. c. gen. pers. as well as acc. or clause, σκόπει δὴ τόδε αὐτῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>182a</span>; πρῶτον αὐτῶν ἐσκόπει πότερα . . <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.1.12</span>: folld. by a Prep., ἐξ ὧν ἀγγέλλουσι σκοποῦντες λογιεῖσθε τὰ εἰκότα <span class="bibl">Th.6.36</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.1</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.1.13</span>; πρὸς τὸ ἄρχειν σκοπῶν λογίζομαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.6.8</span>; σ. τὰ λοιπὰ πρὸς ὑμᾶς αὐτούς <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.31</span>; ἀνομολογούμενοι πρὸς ἀλλήλους <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>348b</span>; <b class="b3">τόδε περὶ αὐτοῦ</b> ib.<span class="bibl">351b</span>, etc.; τὴν ὀρθολογίαν περί τι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sph.</span>239b</span>: with Adv., abs., <b class="b3">ὀρθῶς σ</b>. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>155</span>; καιρίως <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Rh.</span>339</span>; ἄμεινον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span> 219a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">look out for</b>, παῦλαν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.7.32</span>; τι ἀγαθόν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hier.</span>9.10</span>; νεώσοικον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>96</span>; ἐσκόπει γυναῖκά μοι <span class="bibl">Is.2.18</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.<span class="title">Ep.</span>2.11</span>; σ. ὄνομα κάλλιον αὐτῇ Plu.2.991f. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Med., used like Act. 1.1 (perh. implying a more deliberate consideration), c. acc., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span> 68</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hel.</span>1537</span>; τένοντ' ἐς ὀρθὸν ὄμμασι σκοπουμένη <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Med.</span>1166</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> = <span class="bibl">1.2</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>964</span>; σ. τύχας βροτῶν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>262</span>: folld. by relat., σ. τίνι τρόπῳ . . <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>176b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.8.48</span>: περί τινος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>353a</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Hier.</span> 1.10</span>: abs., ἔνεστι τοῖσιν εὖ σκοπουμένοις ταρβεῖν . . <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>296</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> = <span class="bibl">1.3</span>, ὅτανπερ ἀδικεῖν ἐπιχειρῶσιν, ἅμα καὶ τὴν ἀπολογίαν σκοποῦνται <span class="bibl">Isoc.21.17</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> rarely in Pass., <b class="b3">σκοπῶν καὶ σκοπούμενος ὑπ' ἄλλων</b> <b class="b2">considering and being considered</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>772d</span>; <b class="b3">ὁ λόγος . . αἰσχρὸς τοῖς σκοπουμένοις</b> is disgraceful <b class="b2">in the very matter considered</b>, <span class="bibl">D.20.54</span> (s.v.l., <b class="b3">τοῖς σ</b>. secl. Dobree).</span>