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.
- εἰ δ’ ἐσ δόλον τιν’ ἥδ’ ἄγει φρυκτωρία, μαθόντεσ ἐχθρῶν μηχανὰσ κατασκόπου βουλευσόμεσθα· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode 1:25)
- Περὶ κατασκόπου. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. a'. ANTISQENHS 17:17)
- " Ἀσιναῖοσ δὲ οὐκ ἄρα γνώμῃ τοῦ κατασκόπου κρίνειν ἔμελλεν ἐπὶ τοῖσ ποιητέοισ, ἀλλὰ νομιμώτερον ἡγησάμενοσ τοῦ ἐπ’ ἀπράκτοισ τελευτῶντασ εὐφραίνειν τοὺσ πολεμίουσ τὸ ἀλκῆσ δεξάμενοσ αὐτοὺσ ὑπὲρ τῆσ ἀνάγκησ εἰσ ἣν ἐνεπεπτώκει παρανομεῖν τιμωρίαν ἀπολαμβάνοι, εἰ δέοι τελευτᾶν, αὐτόσ τε ἀναλαμβάνει τὰ ὅπλα καὶ τοῖσ σὺν αὐτῷ θάρσοσ ἐνεποίει τῆσ ἐπὶ τὰ ὅμοια ἀρετῆσ. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 18 382:2)
- λόγῳ μὲν παραφυλάξων τήν τε χώραν καὶ τὴν πόλιν τῶν Φιγαλέων, ἔργῳ δὲ κατασκόπου τάξιν ἔχων τῶν ἐν Πελοποννήσῳ πραγμάτων. (Polybius, Histories, book 4, chapter 3 7:1)
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)
