ἐπισκοπ-έω,
future -σκέψομαι, later -σκοπήσω[[ 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 103.8: ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]aorist -εσκεψάμην, later -εσκόπησα[[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 44, 59 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: perfect ἐπέσκεμμαι [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 14, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 990a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in passive sense, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 299a10, “PA” 692a18 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—look upon or at, inspect, observe, ἱστορίας καὶ τἆλλα ἔγγραφα [[ “Milet.” 3.155 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+] (also in middle, ἐ. τὸ περίχωμα [[ “PLille” 1v 27 (3rd c.BC), etc.)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; regard, τἄμ᾽ ἐ. κακά [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 869 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of tutelary gods, Θηβαΐας ἐπισκοποῦντ᾽ ἀγυιάς, of Bacchus, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1136 (Lyric poetry); Ἴλιον.. ἐπισκοπεῖ σεμνὸς Ποσειδῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1414, compare “Ph.” 661 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὦ Δῆμ᾽, ἐναργῶς ἡ θεός σ᾽ ἐπισκοπεῖ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1173, compare 1186 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of a ruler, ἐ. τὴν πολιτείαν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 506b, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 4.6 (so in _middle_, θαμὰ ἐπεσκοπεῖτο ἡμᾶς] Refs 5th c.BC+] observed, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 207a): followed by Relat., ἐ. καὶ ἀναμετρήσαντες ὅσῳ ἐλάσσων ὁ χῶρος γέγονε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.109; ἐ. πῶς ἔχει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 451c; τόδε ἐπίσκεψαι εἴ τι λέγω [prev. author] “Phd.” 87b, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.22; πότερον.. ἤ.. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 518a; τίς εἴη.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.2.4, compare “Smp.” 1.12 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. μή.. take care lest, [[ NT.Heb.12.15. ] NT]