ἀτεν-ίζω,
look intently, gaze earnestly, τοῖς ὄμμασιν stare, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.10; εἴς τι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 343b12; πρός τι [prev. author] “Pr.” 959a24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the eyes, ἀτενίζοντες αὐτῷ[[ NT.Luke.4.20, cf. NT.Act.23.1, “Placita Philosophorum” 1.7; εἴς τι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.11.12, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 5.12.3, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.75, etc.; εἴς τινα NT.Act.6.15; εἰς τὸν θεόν 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 4.51b; πρὸς τὸ ἐκείνου πρόσωπον 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 11] NT+2nd c.BC+]: absolutely, also of the eyes, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 957b18] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, to be gazed upon, [[ Anthologia Graeca Appx. 4.204 (Praxit.). ] Refs]
__II metaphorically of the mind, ἀ. τὴν διάνοιαν πρός τι[[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 192a15; εἰς τὴν προαίρεσιν ἀτενίζοντα πράττειν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.96 W.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; to be obstinate, [[ Lynceus Comicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 7.313f.] Refs 2nd c.AD+]