Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σκέπτομαι

Non-contract Verb; 이상동사 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σκέπτομαι σκέψομαι ἐσκεψάμην σκέμμαι

Structure: σκέπτ (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Etym.: in Att. skopw= or skopou=mai are used in the present

Sense

  1. I look at, examine
  2. I examine, consider, think
  3. (rarely) I think, deem
  4. I prepare, premeditate

Conjugation

Present tense

Future tense

Imperfect tense

Aorist tense

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.

Examples

  • καταφρονοῦσι δὲ καὶ τῶν ὀνειράτων καὶ τῶν οἰωνῶν καὶ τῶν συμβόλων καὶ πάσησ ἀστρολογίασ, ὑπὲρ ὧν ἡμεῖσ μὲν ἰδίᾳ δι’ ἑτέρων γραμμάτων ἐπὶ πλέον ἐσκεψάμεθα περὶ τῶν Ἀσκληπιάδου τοῦ ἰατροῦ σκοπούμενοι δογμάτων. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., , section 1214)
  • ἀλλ’ εἰ μὲν ἐγὼ ἦρχον, ὦ Μένων, μὴ μόνον ἐμαυτοῦ ἀλλὰ καὶ σοῦ, οὐκ ἂν ἐσκεψάμεθα πρότερον εἴτε διδακτὸν εἴτε οὐ διδακτὸν ἡ ἀρετή, πρὶν ὅτι ἐστὶν πρῶτον ἐζητήσαμεν αὐτό· (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 101:4)
  • ἡμεῖσ μὲν δὴ ὡσ ἄξιον ὄντα θαυμάζεσθαι τοῦτον τὸν ἄνδρα ἐσκεψάμεθα τίσ ποτ’ ὢν γενεὰν καὶ ποίαν τινὰ φύσιν ἔχων καὶ ποίᾳ τινὶ παιδευθεὶσ παιδείᾳ τοσοῦτον διήνεγκεν εἰσ τὸ ἄρχειν ἀνθρώπων. (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 1 7:1)
  • ἢ πρῶτον σκεπτέον, ὥσπερ τὴν πολιτείαν ἐσκεψάμεθα, τίνα τρόπον γίγνεται; (Plato, Republic, book 8 316:2)

Synonyms

  1. I look at

  2. I examine

  3. I think

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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