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.
- τῇ δ’ ὑστεραίᾳ περὶ τὸν ὄρθρον, ἐκ μαλακῆσ καὶ νοτίου νυκτὸσ, εἰσ ὁμίχλην τῶν νεφῶν τρεπομένων, ἀνεπίμπλατο ζόφου βαθέοσ πᾶν τὸ πεδίον, καὶ κατῄει παχὺσ ἐκ τῶν ἄκρωνἀὴρ εἰσ τὸ μεταξὺ τῶν στρατοπέδων, εὐθὺσ ἀρχομένησ ἡμέρασ ἀποκρύπτων τοὺσ τόπουσ, οἱ δὲ ὑπ’ ἀμφοτέρων ἀποσταλέντεσ ἐφεδρείασ ἕνεκα καὶ κατασκοπῆσ ἐν πάνυ βραχεῖ περιπεσόντεσ ἀλλήλοισ ἐμάχοντο περὶ τὰσ καλουμένασ Κυνὸσ κεφαλάσ, αἳ λόφων οὖσαι πυκνῶν καὶ παραλλήλων ἄκραι λεπταὶ δι’ ὁμοιότητα τὸν σχήματοσ οὕτωσ ὠνομάσθησαν. (Plutarch, Titus Flamininus, chapter 8 1:1)
- ἔτι δὲ τοῦ Ἀλκιβιάδου παρόντοσ ἑξήκοντα ναυσὶ πλεύσαντεσ ἐπὶ Συρακούσασ, τὰσ μὲν ἄλλασ ἀνεῖχον ὑπὲρ τοῦ λιμένοσ ἔξω παρατάξαντεσ, δέκα δὲ κατήλαυνον εἴσω κατασκοπῆσ εἵνεκα· (Plutarch, , chapter 14 5:1)
- ἁλόντεσ δέ τινεσ κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν τῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ Δαρείου στρατεύματοσ κατασκοπῆσ ἕνεκα ἀπεσκεδασμένων ἐξήγγειλαν, ὅτι Δαρεῖοσ ἐπὶ τοῦ Τίγρητοσ ποταμοῦ κάθηται ἐγνωκὼσ εἴργειν Ἀλέξανδρον, εἰ διαβαίνοι· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 3, chapter 7 4:1)
- οἱ δ’ ἄρα ταῦτ’ ἔλεγον κατασκοπῆσ ἕνεκα. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 4 16:3)
- ἀναγνωσθέντων δὲ τῶν γραμμάτων καὶ τῶν αἰχμαλώτων ἃσ ἔλαβον ἐντολὰσ διηγησαμένων, τὸ μὲν πλῆθοσ λίθοισ ὡρ́μησε βαλεῖν τοὺσ Οὐολούσκουσ ὡσ ἑαλωκότασ ἐπ’ αὐτοφώρῳ κατασκόπουσ, ὁ δὲ Ποστόμιοσ οὐκ ᾤετο δεῖν ὁμοίουσ γενέσθαι τοῖσ κακοῖσ τοὺσ ἀγαθοὺσ κρεῖττον εἶναι λέγων καὶ μεγαλοψυχότερον εἰσ τοὺσ ἀποστείλαντασ φυλάττειν τὴν ὀργὴν ἢ εἰσ τοὺσ ἀποσταλέντασ, καὶ διὰ τὸ φανερὸν ὄνομα τῆσ πρεσβείασ ἀφεῖναι τοὺσ ἄνδρασ μᾶλλον ἢ διὰ τὸ ἀφανὲσ τῆσ κατασκοπῆσ ἔργον ἀπολέσαι· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 6, chapter 16 4:3)
Synonyms
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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)