εἰσοράω
eisorao
look into, look upon, behold
Appears 57 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
εἰσοράω, Ep. part. εἰσορόων, inf. Med. εἰσοράασθαι: fut. εἰσόψομαι: aor. εἰσεῖδον, Ep. inf. -ιδέειν:—A. look into, look upon, behold, common in Poets, Od. 4.142,al., Supp. 13.3, etc., but rare in Prose (as Cyr. 5.1.16, Grg. 526c); ἐσορᾶν καλός O. 8.19; ἐλεινὸς εἰσορᾶν Pr. 248; ἐσ. τὴν νέα 8.92:—Med. in same sense, freq. in , εἰσοράασθε ἵππους Il. 23.495 : mostly in inf., οὗ..ὀξύτατον.. φάος εἰσοράασθαι whose eye is quickest to discern, 14.345; ὥς τε.. ἀθάνατος ἰνδάλλεται εἰσοράασθαι he is like an immortal to behold, Od. 3.246; μείζονες εἰσοράασθαι 10.396, cf. 24.252 : aor. εἰσειδόμην, imper. ἐσίδεσθʼ Pr. 141 (anap.); εἰσιδόμαν ib.427 (lyr.):—Pass., ὅσσον.. ἠελίοιο μεσσηγὺς δύσιές τε καὶ ἀντολαὶ εἰσορόωνται 1.85. b. c. part., εἰσορῶ τινὰ στείχοντα Hipp. 51; πόλιν..μοι ξυνοῦσαν εὔνουν OC 772: parenthetic, ὡς ἕρποντος (εἰσορᾶς) ἐμοῦ since I (thou seest) am coming, Tr. 394 (s.v.l.). 2. look upon with admiration, πάντες δὲ θεοὺς ὣς εἰσορόωσι Il. 12.312; μιν..θεὸν ὣς εἰσορόωντες Od. 7.71; simply, σε μᾶλλον Ἀχαιοὶ εἰσορόωσιν.. 20.166: hence, pay regard to, respect, πλοῦτον ἢ εὐγένειαν El. 1097: with a Prep., ἐσορῶντες ἐς τὴν μαντικήν 4.68: generally, look at or gaze upon steadily, Pers.III (lyr.), Med. 264. 3. look on with the mindʼs eye, perceive, οὐκ εἰσορᾷς; El. 997, cf.611; εἰ.ὡς.. Ph. 501. 4. of angry gods, visit, θεοὶ γὰρ εὖ μὲν ὀψὲ δʼ εἰσορῶσι OC 1536, cf. 1370. 5. folld. by μή, take care lest.., El. 584.
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