βλέπω

βλέπω, Sol.11.8, etc.: [tense] impf.

A

ἔβλεπον Batr.67

: [tense] fut.

βλέψομαι D. 25.98

, [dialect] Dor. inf.

βλεψεῖσθαι IG4.951.75

(Epid.), later

βλέψω LXX Is. 6.9

, Aristid.2.46J., etc.: [tense] aor. ἔβλεψα (v. infr.): [tense] pf. βέβλεφα ([etym.] ἀπο-) Antip.Stoic.3.254 (codd. Stob.); βέβλοφα ([etym.] ἐμ-) PLond.1.42.21 (ii A. D.):—[voice] Pass., [tense] aor. ἐβλέφθην ([etym.] προς-) Plu.2.68of: [tense] pf. βέβλεμμαι to be supplied in Ath.10.409c, cf. Eust. 1401.16:—chiefly in [tense] pres. and [tense] aor. [voice] Act. in early writers: [voice] Med. (exc. [tense] fut.) and [voice] Pass. only late:—see, have the power of sight (dist. fr. ὁρῶ perceive, be aware of, cf. Plot.6.7.37), opp. τυφλός εἰμι, S.OT302, cf. 348, OC73, Ar. Pl.15, etc.;

βλέποντες ἔβλεπον μάτην A.Pr.447

;

βλέποντας ἀθλιωτάτους Alex.234

; μὴ βλέπων ὁ μάντις ᾖ lest he see too clearly, S.OT747; ὁ βλέπων the seer, Hebraism in LXX 1 Ki.9.9; ὀλίγον βλέπων short- sighted, POxy.39.9 (i A. D.).

II look,

βλέφ' ὧδε S.Tr.402

;

ἐπὶ ἐμοί Id.Aj.345

(s. v.l.);

εἴς τι A.Pers.802

;

ἐπί τι Th.7.71

;

εἰς τὰ τούτων πρόσωπα D. 18.283

; πῶς βλέπων; with what face? S.Ph.110;

ὄμμασιν ποίοις β.

;

Id.OT1371

;

β. ἅμα πρόσσω καὶ ὀπίσσω Pl.Cra.428d

: with Adv., φιλοφρόνως, ἐχθρῶς β. πρός τινας, X.Mem.3.10.4, Smp.4.58: freq. folld. by noun in acc., φόβον β. look terror, i. e. to look terrible,

Θυιὰς ὣς φόβον βλέπων A.Th.498

; Com., ἔβλεψε νᾶπυ looked mustard, Ar.Eq.631;

ἀνδρεῖον . . καὶ βλέποντ' ὀρίγανον Id.Ra.603

;

βλεπόντων κάρδαμα Id.V.455

; πυρρίχην βλέπων looking like a war-dancer, Id.Av. 1169; αἴκειαν βλέπων looking like one disgraced, ib. 1671; σκύτη β., of a slave, Eup.282, Ar.V.643;

β. ἀπιστίαν Eup.309

: also folld. by Adj., μέγα β. dub. in Semon.19;

φθονερὰ β. Pi.N.4.39

;

γλίσχρον β. Euphro 10.16

, cf. Men.Epit.479, Jul.Caes.309c: by inf.,

ἁρπάζειν β. Men.Epit.181

;

ὀρχεῖσθαι μόνον β. Alex.97

: by part. neut.,

τί πεφροντικὸς βλέπεις

;

E.Alc.773

.

2 β. ἐς look to, rely on,

εἰς ἔργον οὐδὲν γιγνόμενον βλέπετε Sol.11.8

;

ἐς θεούς S.Ant.923

;

οὐκέτ' ἐστὶν εἰς ὅ τι βλέπω Id.Aj.514

; ἔς σε δὴ βλέπω, ὅπως . . in the hope that . . , Id.El.954: metaph. also, have regard to,

ἡ πολιτεία β. εἰς πλοῦτον Arist.Pol.1293b14

; of aspects, οἰκίαι πρὸς μεσημβρίαν βλέπουσαι . . , X.Mem.3.8.9;

πέτρα βλέπουσα πρὸς νότον Str.4.1.4

;

κάτω γὰρ οἱ ὀδόντες βλέπουσι Arist.HA502a1

; ὅταν τὸ οὖθαρ βλέπῃ κάτω ib.523a2.

3 look longingly, expect, propose, c. inf., Ar.Ach.376, V. 847.

4 look to a thing, beware,

ἀπό τινος Ev.Marc.8.15

; τι Ep.Phil.3.2: c. acc. pers.,

β. ἑαυτούς Ev.Marc.13.9

;

βλέπε σα (υ) τὸν ἀπὸ τῶν Ἰουδαίων BGU1079.24

(i A. D.); β. ἵνα . . 1 Ep.Cor.16.10; β. ἑαυτοὺς ἵνα μὴ . . 2 Ep.Jo.8;

βλέπετε τί ἀκούετε Ev.Marc.4.24

.

III trans., see, behold, c. acc., S.Aj.1042, etc.; ἐξ αὑτοῦ βλεπόμενον self-evident, S.E.M.1.184; τὰ βλεπόμενα the visible universe, LXX Wi.13.7.

2 ζῇ τε καὶ β. φάος sees the light of day, A.Pers.299, cf. E.Hel. 60;

νόστιμον β. φάος A.Pers.261

; βλέποντα νῦν μὲν ὄρθ' ἔπειτα δὲ σκότον (i. e. being blind) S.OT419: hence, without φάος, to be alive,

ζῶντα καὶ βλέποντα A.Ag.677

;

βλέποντα κἀμπνέοντα S.Ph.883

, cf. 1349, Aj.962; of things, ἀληθῆ καὶ βλέποντα actually existing, A.Ch. 844.

3 look for,

μεῖζόν τι β. Pl.Chrm.172c

.

4 Astrol. of signs equidistant from the tropical points, to be in aspect,

β. ἄλληλα Ptol.Tetr.36

, Heph.Astr.1.9. (βλέφαρα occurs in Hom., but not βλέπω exc. in Batr. l.c.)