σκοπιάζω

skopiazo

spy from a high place

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 2
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Book 10 1
Chapter ?

1040
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

1458
Odyssey 1
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Book 10 1
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10260

Dictionary (LSJ)

σκοπιάζω, (σκοπιά) poet. Verb, almost always pres. and impf., A. spy from a high place or watch-tower, Il. 14.58, Q.S. 2.6: generally, spy, watch, even on a plain, Od. 10.260. 2. watch for shoals of fish, applied to certain members of a guild of lsis-worshippers, IGRom. 1.817.8 (Callipolis). II. trans., spy out, watch, c.acc., Il. 10.40, AP 9.606, etc.:—Med., look out for, watch, τὼς θύννως Theoc. 3.26; νῆα A.R. 2.918, etc.: aor. σκοπιασάμενος Callicrat. ap. Stob. 4.28.18.

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