ἐπόπτ-ης, ου, ὁ,
(ἐπόψομαι) overseer, watcher, especially of a god, Πυθῶνος [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.5, compare 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 266; ὁ πάντων ἐ. θεός LXX.Est.5.1 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; title of Poseidon, [[ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 8.30.1 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of the Sun, [[ “OGI” 666.25 (Egypt, 1st c.AD)] Refs 1st c.AD+]; δαίμονες ἐ. τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων [[ 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 105a; ὥσπερ ἐπόπτας τῶν στρατηγουμένων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.25 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. γῆς καὶ θαλάσσης, of Pompey, [[ “JHS” 27.64 (from Cyzicus) ] Refs]; of Augustus, [[ “IGRom.” 4.309 (Pergam.)] Refs]; ἐ. εἰρήνης, of a police magistrate, [[ POxy. 991 (4th c.AD). ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__2 simply, spectator, πόνων [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 301. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 inspector, [[ 4th-6th c.AD: Codex Justinianus 10.16.13 “Intr.” ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II one admitted to the highest grade of the mysteries, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 12.6.51, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 22, etc., compare ἐφόπται “IG” 12(8).205.3 (from Samothrace): with _genitive_, μυστηρίων ἐ. “Michel” 1141 ([prev. passage]) ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; τινος [[ “PMag.Lond.” 121.572: _metaphorically_, ἐ. τῆς ἐκείνου μεγαλειότητος NT.2Pet.1.16. ] NT]