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καθοράω

kathorao

look down

Appears 75 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

καθοράω, Ion. κατ-, impf. καθεώρων X. Cyr. 3.2.10, Ion. 3sg. κατώρα Hdt. 7.208: pf. καθεώρακα Pl. Lg. 905b: fut. κατόψομαι Hdt. 3.17: 3sg. pf. κατῶπται Pl. R. 432b: aor. 1 κατώφθην Id. Phlb. 46b: for aor. Act., v. κατεῖδον:— A. look down, ἐξ Ἴδης καθορῶν Il. 11.337; ἐπί τινος Hdt. 7.44:— Med., ἐπὶ Θρῃκῶν καθορώμενος αἶαν Il. 13.4. II. trans., look down upon, ὅσους θνητοὺς ἠέλιος καθορᾷ Sol. 14, cf. Thgn. 168, 616, X. Cyr. 3.2.10; ὑψόθεν τὸν τῶν κάτω βίον Pl. Sph. 216c, etc.: metaph., φρένα Δίαν κ., ὄψιν ἄβυσσον A. Supp. 1058 (lyr.):—Med., Τροίην κατὰ πᾶσαν ὁρᾶται Il. 24.291. 2. have within view, see distinctly, descry, Hdt. 7.208, 9.59, Ar. Nu. 326, Pl. R. 516a, etc.:—Pass., Th. 3.20, 112, Pl. Phlb. 38d, etc. 3. behold, observe, perceive, Pi. P. 9.49, E. Fr. 910.5 (anap.); καθορᾶν τι ἔν τινι to observe something therein, Pl. Lg. 905b, cf. Grg. 457c; τι ἐν τῇ ζητήσει Id. R. 368e; ἵνʼ ἃ πανουργεῖς μὴ καθορᾷ σου that he may not observe thy knavish tricks, Ar. Eq. 803; also κ. τὰς τρίχας εἰ . . to look and see whether . . , Hdt. 2.38. 4. explore, τὰ ἄλλα Id. 3.17, cf. 123. 5. regard, reverence, τὸ τοῦ θεοῦ κράτος LXX 3 Ma. 3.11.
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