ἐποπτ-εύω,
(ἐπόπτης) overlook, watch, of an overseer, ἔργα τ᾽ ἐποπτεύεσκε [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.140, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 767; Ἑρμῆ..πατρῶ᾽ ἐποπτεύων κράτη 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 1; ἐ. μάχην [prev. work] 489 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁ πάντ᾽ ἐ. τάδε ἥλιος[[ [prev. work] 993(985); δίκας [prev. author] “Eu.” 224; ἄλλοτε δ᾽ ἄλλον ἐποπτεύει Χάρις φόρμιγγι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.11; αἰῶνας -εύουσα χελιδών “IGRom.” 4.235 (hexameters). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 visit, punish, κότῳ [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 220. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 absolutely, keep watch, οἱ περὶ τοὺς νόμους ἐποπτεύοντες [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 951d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II become an ἐπόπτης, be admitted to the highest gkade at the mysteries, [[ [prev. author] “Ep.” 333e, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demetrius” 26 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]: with accusative, view as an ἐπόπτης, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 250c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: proverbial, of attaining to the highest earthly happiness, ἐποπτεύειν δοκῶ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 745. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III study, meditate on, with dative, καθαρῇσιν ἐ. μελέτῃσιν [[ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 110.2. (Cf. ἐπιοπτεύω.) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]