σκοπ-ός, ὁ
(also ἡ, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.396, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 66)] Refs 8th c.BC+]: (σκέπτομαι):— one that watches, one that looks about or after things, παρὰ δὲ σκοπὸν εἷσεν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.359 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; γυναικῶν δμῳάων σ. ἐσσι, of a housekeeper, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” [same place]: in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus ] Refs 8th c.BC+], of gods and kings, with genitive loci, guardian, protector, Ὀλύμπου σ. [[ “O.” 1.54; Δάλου 6.59 ] Refs]; Μαγνήτων σ., of Peleus, [[ “N.” 5.27; τὸν ὑψόθεν σ., φύλακα βροτῶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 381 (Lyric poetry); also σκοποὶ τῶν εἰρημένων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 215. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__b one who watches or looks out to take advantage, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.156 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; watchful, jealous master, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 945. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 mostly, lookout-man, watcher, stationed in some high place (σκοπιά) to overlook a country, especially in war, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.792, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.365, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.2.1, 4.1.1, etc.; hence Ἠέλιον.. θεῶν σ. ἠδὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν “hymnus ad Cererem” 62 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: also, game-watcher, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.40. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 spy, scout, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.324, 526, 561 (later κατάσκοπος) σ. καὶ κατοπτῆρας στρατοῦ ἔπεμψα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 36, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 956 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a messenger who has been sent to learn tidings, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 35, compare “Ph.” 125; σκοπός, ναῶν κατόπτας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 557 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]