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|Definition=Il.17.652, Thgn.1095, and Ion., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.37, al., Hp.''Prog.''2, Herod.7.92; but Att. writers (before Arist.) hardly ever have the pres. and impf. [[σκέπτομαι]], [[ἐσκεπτόμην]] (exc. Pl.''La.''185b, ''Alc.''2.140a; in Th.8.66, Bauer restored plpf. [[προὔσκεπτο]]), but use [[σκοπῶ]] or [[σκοποῦμαι]] as pres., and take the other tenses from [[σκέπτομαι]], <span class="bld">A</span> fut. σκέψομαι Ar.''Pax'' 29, Th.6.40, etc.; aor. ἐσκεψάμην A.''Ch.''229, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1028, E.''Ion'' 206 (lyr.), Th.6.38, etc.; pf. ἔσκεμμαι E.''Heracl.''147, Hp.''VM''24, etc.: cf. [[σκοπέω]]:—but the pf. is used also in pass. sense, as also some other tenses, v. infr. 11.4.<br><span class="bld">I</span> [[look]] [[about carefully]], [[spy]], σκεψάμενος δ' ἐς νῆα θοὴν ἅμα καὶ μεθ' ἑταίρους Od. 12.247; so σκέψασθε δ' ἐς τόνδ' E.''Hipp.''943: c. acc., <b class="b3">σκέπτετ' ὀϊστῶν τε ῥοῖζον καὶ δοῦπον ἀκόντων</b> [[he looked after]] the whistling of the darts (so as to shun them), Il.16.361; σκέπτεο δὴ νῦν ἄλλον Thgn.1095; σκεπτόμενος τοὺς νεκρούς [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.37; <b class="b3">σκέψαι.. βόστρυχον τριχός</b> [[look well at]] it, A.''Ch.''229; τὴν ἔγχελυν [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''889; κλόνον E.''Ion''206 (lyr.); τὰ ἔνδον X.''HG''4.4.8; <b class="b3">τιν' ἐς δὲ μωρίαν ἐσκεμμένοι</b> looking into you and seeing.., E.''Heracl.''147: followed by an Interrog., σκέπτεο νῦν... αἴ κεν ἴδηαι Il.17.652; σ. πόθεν ἡ στάσις, ἢ τίς ὁ θρύλλος Batr.135; τί εἴη τὸ κωλῦον X.''An.''4.5.20; <b class="b3">εἰ εἴη ἴχνη ἀνθρώπων</b> ib.7.3.42: abs., [[look at]], [[examine]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.196; [[σκέψασθε]], [[παῖδες]] [[look]], lads! [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''419.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[examine]], τῷ δακτύλῳ τι Hp.''Nat.Mul.''7.<br><span class="bld">II</span> later of the mind, [[view]], [[examine]], [[consider]], σκέψασθε.. τὴν τύχην δυοῖν βροτοῖν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1028; σκέψαι δὲ τοῦτο πρῶτον Id.''OT''584; ὃ πολλάκις ἐσκεψάμην Th.6.38, etc.; τὸ δίκαιον [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Orestes|Or.]]''494; <b class="b3">μηδὲν ἐσκέφθαι δίκ</b>. D.21.192; πρὸς ἑαυτόν τι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 95e; <b class="b3">ἐκ τῶνδε σκέψαι</b> [[from]] these facts, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.6.38, cf. D.2.17; περί τινος Pl.''La.''185c, ''Cra.''401a; <b class="b3">σκέψασθαι ἀπὸ τῶν παίδων</b> [[judge]] by what children do, Ar.''Pl.''576; ἐν σοὶ σκεψώμεθα Pl.''Sph.'' 239b: abs., σκέψασθέ νυν ἄμεινον [[Euripides|E.]], ''[[Orestes|Or.]]''1291; σκεψώμεθα δή Ar.''Th.'' 802; <b class="b3">σκέψασθε δέ·</b> [[only consider]], to call people's attention to a point, Antipho 6.41, Th.1.143: followed by a clause with [[οἷος]], [[ὁποῖος]], [[ὡς]], A. ''Pr.''1014, S.''Tr.''1077, E.''IA''1377, etc.; by <b class="b3">ὅτῳ τρόπῳ</b>, Th.1.107; by <b class="b3">πῶς... πόθεν... πότερον.. ἤ..</b>, X.''An.''4.5.22, 5.4.7, 3.2.20, etc.; by [[εἰ]], [[consider]] whether or no, S.''El.''442, Ar.''Pax'' 29, ''Eq.''1141, X.''An.''3.2.22; in full, σ. τοῦτο, εἰ.. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''584; τί ἐστιν ἡ ἀρετὴ σκεπτόμεθα [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1103b28.<br><span class="bld">2</span> rarely, [[think]] or [[deem]] a thing to be so and so, καλλίω θάνατον σκεψάμενος Pl.''Lg.''854c.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[think of beforehand]], [[provide]], σκεπτόμεθα τἀναγκαῖ' ἑκάστης ἡμέρας Philem.120; τὸ συμφέρον [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 342a; [[prepare]], [[premeditate]], λόγους D.24.158; εἴ τι χρήσιμον ἐσκεμμένος ἥκει Id.1.1: c. inf., [[plan]], Th.8.63.<br><span class="bld">4</span> pf. in pass. sense, <b class="b3">πάντα ἐσκεμμένα ἡτοίμασται</b> [[with consideration]], Id.7.62; <b class="b3">σκοπεῖτε οὖν</b>. Answ. ἔσκεπται [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 369b, cf. X.''HG''3.3.8, D.21.191, 61.7: also 3 fut. Pass. ἐσκέψεται [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 392c; aor. <b class="b3">ἐσκέφθην, ες τὸ σκεφθῆναι</b> for [[observation]], Hp.''de Arte'' 11; aor. 2 and fut. 2 [[ἐσκέπην]] (ἐπ-) <b class="b3">, σκεπήσομαι</b> (ἐπι-), [[LXX]] ''Nu.''1.19, ''1 Ki.''20.18.