θεάομαι
theaomai
gaze at, behold
Appears 110 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
θεάομαι, Ep. and Ion. θηέομαι (v. infr.), Dor. θᾱέομαι, *θάομαι (qq. v.), imper. θεῶ Ach. 262; opt. θηοῖο (for Att. θεῷο) Il. 24.418; part. θηεύμενος 7.146: Ion. impf. ἐθηεῖτο, ἐθηεῦντο, 1.10, 3.136; Ep. θηεῖτο Od. 5.75, etc., θηεῦντο Il. 7.444, al., ἐθηεύμεσθα Od. 9.218, ἐθεῆτο Nat.Puer. 13, θηέσκετο Poet. ap. 21.2: fut. θεάσομαι [ᾱ], Ion. -ήσομαι: aor. ἐθεᾱσάμην, Ep. opt. θηήσαιο, θηήσαιτο, Od. 17.315, 5.74; 3pl. ἐθηήσαντο 51.15; Ion. inf. θεήσασθαι (v.l. θεάσ-) 1.8: Att. pf. τεθέαμαι Cyr. 7.5.7: codd. of vary betw. θεη- and θηη-: a rare Ion. contr. of θηη- to θη- is found in θησαίατʼ Od. 18.191, θησάμενος IG 12.826:—A. gaze at, behold, mostly with a sense of wonder, θηεῦντο μέγα ἔργον Il. 7.444, cf. Od. 2.13; λαοὶ δʼ αὖ θηεῦντό τε θάμβησάν τε Il. 23.728, cf. 1.8,11, etc.; θ. τὰ καλά 194; πάντες ὥσπερ ἄγαλμα ἐθεῶντο αὐτόν Chrm. 154c; θ. ὄμμασι Ion 232 (lyr.); ζητεῖ τὸ κακὸν τεθεᾶσθαι Th. 797 codd.; ἐθεᾶτο . . τὴν θέσιν τῆς πόλεως . . , ὡς ἔχοι reconnoitred it, 5.7; θ. κύκλῳ τὴν πόλιν Cyr. 4.5.7: abs., θεᾷ; do you see? Epit. 564. 2. of the mind, contemplate, τὸ ἀληθές Phd. 84b, al. b. see clearly, ἵνʼ ἴδητε καὶ θεάσησθε ὅτι . . 4.3, cf. Prt. 352a; with relat. clause, ὅση δεινότης ἦν ἐν τῷ Φιλίππῳ θεάσεσθε 18.144. 3. view as spectators, esp. in the theatre, 4.44; οἱ θεώμενοι the spectators, Ra. 2, cf.Nu. 518, al. (but also, onlookers, bystanders, 3.3.7): metaph., θ. τὸν πόλεμον to be spectators of the war, 8.116. 4. θ. τὸ στράτευμα to review it, Cyr. 5.5.1. II. Act. θεάω, late, Baillet Tombeaux des rois à Thèbes 1080: elsewh. in imper. θέα Or. 3.44b, Ep. 89b, : aor. ἐθεάθην in pass. sense, Ps. -Callisth.2.42, Ev.Marc. 16.11, Ep. 49, Nov. 133.3.1: pres. θεῶνται Her. 2.9. (Orig. prob. θᾱϝ έομαι and θᾱϝάομαι, cf. θαῦ-μα.)
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