κατάσκοπ-ος, ὁ,
one who reconnoitres, scout, spy, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.100, 112, +others; κατάσκοπον πολεμίων πέμπειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 125 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πεμφθεὶς Ἰλίου κ. [[[prev. work] 505, compare “Hec.” 239, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.63; τριήρεις πέμψαι κ. Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Lysander” 10; τῶν λόγων κ. Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Thesmophoriazusae” 588, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cyr.” 6.1.31; πραγμάτων Menander Comicus [{4-3rd c.BC}] “Περικειρομένη” 105 ] Refs 6th c.BC+].
__2 examiner, inspector, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.27, compare 8.41; τῆς προσόδου ἐκ σίτου _Fouilles de l'Institut Français d'Arch. Orientale du Caire_ 4(2). p.74: _metaphorically_, κ. βίου 2nd c.AD: Secundus Gnomologus “Sententiae - FPG” 7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].
__II κατάσκοπος, ον, closely covered, [[ Scholia 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “H.” 3.636 (sed to be read -σκεπος). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]