κατασκοπέω
ε-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
κατασκοπέω
κατεσκεψάμην
Structure:
κατα
(Prefix)
+
σκοπέ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to view closely, spy out, to reconnoitre
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- προσσχόντεσ οὖν καὶ ἀποβάντεσ ὡσ ἂν ἐκ μακρᾶσ ταλαιπωρίασ πολὺν μὲν χρόνον ἐπὶ γῆσ ἐκείμεθα, διαναστάντεσ δὲ ὅμωσ ἀπεκρίναμεν ἡμῶν αὐτῶν τριάκοντα μὲν φύλακασ τῆσ νεὼσ παραμένειν, εἴκοσι δὲ σὺν ἐμοὶ ἀνελθεῖν ἐπὶ κατασκοπῇ τῶν ἐν τῇ νήσῳ. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 6:5)
- Πενθέα ὑβρίζοντα ἐσ Διόνυσον καὶ ἄλλα τολμᾶν λέγουσι καὶ τέλοσ ἐσ τὸν Κιθαιρῶνα ἐλθεῖν ἐπὶ κατασκοπῇ τῶν γυναικῶν, ἀναβάντα δὲ ἐσ δένδρον θεάσασθαι τὰ ποιούμενα· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 2 13:2)
- ἄνδρεσ τοῦ Ὀξύλου στρατεύματοσ ἐπὶ κατασκοπῇ τῶν ἐν Ἤλιδι ἀποπεμφθέντεσ καὶ ἀλλήλοισ διακελευσάμενοι κατὰ τὴν ὁδόν, ἐπειδὰν πλησίον γίνωνται τοῦ τείχουσ, φθέγγεσθαι μὲν μηδὲν ἔτι αὐτοί, ἐπακροᾶσθαι δὲ εἴ τι παρὰ τῶν ἐντὸσ πυθέσθαι δυνήσονται, οὗτοι λανθάνουσι παρελθόντεσ ἐσ τὴν πόλιν κατὰ τὴν ἀγυιὰν ταύτην καὶ ἐπακούσαντεσ ὁπόσα ἐβούλοντο ἐπανίασιν αὖθισ ἐσ τοὺσ Αἰτωλούσ· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 23 13:4)
- Ῥωμαῖοι δὲ ἐπεπόμφεσαν καὶ οὐ πολλῷ τινι ἔμπροσθεν λόγῳ μὲν ἐπικουρήσοντασ Αἰτωλοῖσ ἐναντία Φιλίππου, τῷ δὲ ἔργῳ μᾶλλόν τι ἐπὶ κατασκοπῇ τῶν ἐν Μακεδονίᾳ πραγμάτων· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 7 10:2)
Synonyms
-
to view closely
- κατοπτεύω (to spy out, reconnoitre, to be observed)
Derived
- ἀνασκοπέω (to look at narrowly, examine well)
- ἀποσκοπέω (to look away from, to look steadily, to look to)
- διασκοπέω (to look at in different ways, to examine or consider well, to keep watching)
- ἐπισκοπέω (to look upon or at, inspect, observe)
- παρασκοπέω (to give a sidelong glance at, to miss seeing the force of)
- περισκοπέω (to look round, to examine all round, observe carefully)
- προσκοπέω (to see or consider beforehand, weigh well, look to)
- σκοπέω (I look, look at, behold; I examine)
- συνδιασκοπέω (to look through or examine along with)
- συνεπισκοπέω (to examine together with)
- συσκοπέω (to contemplate along with or together)
