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λεύσσω

leusso

look

Appears 13 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

λεύσσω, by good authors used only in pres. and impf. (in codd. sts. with single σ, as also in IG (v.infr.), CIG 3284 (Smyrna), Hsch.); Ep. impf. λεῦσσον Od. 8.200; Ion. λεύσσεσκον Emp. 129.5: fut. λεύσω dub. in AP 15.7, Man. 6.93: aor. opt. λεύσσειε ib.487, λεύσσειεν ib. 620.—A. Poet. Verb, also used in Arc., IG 5(2).16 (Tegea, iii B.C.), cf. Κλειτορίων . . λεύσει· ὁρᾷ AB 1096:—look or gaze upon, see, c. acc., Il. 1.120, al., Pi. P. 4.145: c. Part., πυρπολέοντας ἐλεύσσομεν Od. 10.30; of the gods, ὁ εἰσαιὲν ὁρῶν κύκλος λεύσσει νιν Διός S. OC 705 (lyr.); λεύσσετε . . οἷα πάσχω Id. Ant. 940 (anap.); used by Com. in mock Trag. phrases, Ar. Th. 1052, Ra. 992 (both lyr.). 2. abs., look, gaze, λεύσσων ἐπὶ οἴνοπα πόντον Il. 5.771; Κυκλώπων ἐς γαῖαν ἐλεύσσομεν Od. 9.166; ἐς αὐτόν 8.171, cf. S. OT 1254; στατὸν εἰς ὕδωρ Id. Ph. 716 (lyr.); ἐς χέρας E. Ph. 596 (troch.); πρόσσω καὶ ὀπίσσω λ. Il. 3.110; ὁ μὴ λεύσσων, like ὁ μὴ βλέπων, he that lives no more, S. Tr. 828 (lyr.); so c. acc., εἰ λεύσσει φάος E. Ph. 1084, cf. Tr. 269 (lyr.). 3. c.acc. cogn., λ. φονίου δέργμα δράκοντος A. Pers. 81 (lyr.); λεπτά, δεινὸν λ. κόραις, E. Or. 224, 389; φόνον λεῦσσόν τε προσώπῳ and looked murder, Theoc. 25.137.
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