ἀπο-σκοπέω,
(with future -σκέψομαι) look away from other objects at one, and so look steadily, πρός τινα or τι, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 746, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 291e, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1284b5, etc.; εἴς τι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1195; πόρρω ποι ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 432e] Refs 5th c.BC+]; keep watch, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMar.” 6.2. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 c.accusative, look to, regard, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 939 (Lyric poetry), 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.72, 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “de Bello Gothico” 4.15] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, ἀποσκοπεῖσθαι τὸ μέλλον[[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 79; πρός τι 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Parmenidem commentarii” p.549 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 ἀποσκοπεῖν εἰ.. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 236. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 passive, ἡ πόλις ἐκ περιωπῆς -εῖται is visible from a distance, [[ 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “de Aedificiis” 1.1.] Refs 6th c.AD+]