A.“-σκοπήσω” Babr. 103.8: aor. -εσκεψάμην, later “-εσκόπησα” Luc.Herm.44, 59: pf. “ἐπέσκεμμαι” Hp.VM14, Pl.Epin.990a; also in pass. sense, Arist.Cael.299a10, PA692a18:—look upon or at, inspect, observe, ἱστορίας καὶ τἆλλα “ἔγγραφα” Milet.3.155 (ii B.C.) (also in Med., “ἐ. τὸ περίχωμα” PLille 1v 27 (iii B.C.), etc.); regard, “τἄμ᾽ ἐ. κακά” E.Heracl.869; of tutelary gods, Θηβαΐας ἐπισκοποῦντ᾽ ἀγυιάς, of Bacchus, S.Ant.1136 (lyr.); “Ἴλιον . . ἐπισκοπεῖ σεμνὸς Ποσειδῶν” E.IT1414, cf. Ph.661 (lyr.); ὦ “Δῆμ᾽, ἐναργῶς ἡ θεός σ᾽ ἐπισκοπεῖ” Ar.Eq.1173, cf. 1186; also of a ruler, “ἐ. τὴν πολιτείαν” Pl.R.506b, cf. X.Oec.4.6 (so in Med., θαμὰ ἐπεσκοπεῖτο ἡμᾶς observed, Pl.Ly.207a): folld. by Relat., ἐ. καὶ ἀναμετρήσαντες “ὅσῳ ἐλάσσων ὁ χῶρος γέγονε” Hdt.2.109; “ἐ. πῶς ἔχει” Pl. Grg.451c; “τόδε ἐπίσκεψαι εἴ τι λέγω” Id.Phd.87b, cf. X.Mem.2.1.22; “πότερον . . ἤ . . ” Pl.R.518a; “τίς εἴη . . ” X.Mem.3.2.4, cf. Smp.1.12; ἐ. μή . . take care lest, Ep.Hebr.12.15.
2.. visit, ὦ θάνατε, νῦν μ᾽ “ἐπίσκεψαι μολών” S.Aj.854; visit as a friend (ironically), D.9.12; esp. visit the sick, X.Cyr.8.2.25, Mem.3.11.10; of the physician, Hdn.4.2.4:—Med., D.59.56, Gal.11.2, 14.633:—Pass., εὐνὴν ὀνείροις οὐκ ἐπισκοπουμένην visited not by dreams, i.e. sleepless, A.Ag. 13.
4.. consider, reflect, meditate, “ὅ τι ἂν μέλλῃς ἐρεῖν, πρότερον ἐπισκόπει τῇ γνώμῃ” Isoc.1.41; also ἐ. “πρός τι” Pl.Lg.924d; “περί τινος” Id.Prt.348d, al., Ceb.35.5; “ὑπέρ τινος” Plb.3.15.2; “σαυτὸν ἐ. ὅστις εἴης” X.Mem.4.2.24; “ἐ. τίς . . , ποία τις . . ” Arist.Pol.1274b32; πότερον . . ib.1276b16:—Med., examine with oneself, meditate, Pl.Phd.91d; “εἰς τὸ ἀληθὲς ἐ. τι” Id.Phlb.61e, cf. Alex. 219.8, Philem.46:—Pass., pf. (v.supr.).
5.. exercise the office of ἐπίσκοπος, v.l.in 1 Ep.Pet.5.2.
