δέρκομαι

δέρκομαι ([voice] Act. only in Hsch.), Il.11.37, etc.: [tense] impf. ἐδερκόμην, [dialect] Ep.

A

δερκέσκετο Od.5.158

: [tense] fut.

δέρξομαι Androm.

ap. Gal.6.37: [tense] pf. in [tense] pres. sense

δέδορκα Il.22.95

, Pi.O.1.94, A.Th.103 (lyr.), etc.; also later Prose, Arist.Phgn.808a4, Luc.Herm.20, Icar.6,14: [tense] aor.

ἔδρᾰκον Od. 10.197

, A.Eu.34, E.HF951 (never in S.): [tense] aor. part. [voice] Pass.

δρακείς Pi. P.2.20

, N.7.3;

ἐδέρχθην A.Pr.547

(lyr.);

δέρχθη S.Aj.425

(lyr.), imper.

δέρχθητε A.Pr.93

(lyr.), part.

δερχθείς S.Fr.837

; later in med. forms

δέρξατο APl.4.166

(Even.),

ἐδρακόμην AP7.224

:—see clearly, see, Il.17.675; part. δεδορκώς having sight, opp. τυφλός, S. OT454, cf. El.66: hence, alive, living,

ζῶντος καὶ ἐπὶ χθονὶ δερκομένοιο Il.1.88

, cf. Od.16.439; δρακεῖσ' ἀσφαλές since she lives in safety, Pi.P.2.20;

ἀλαοῖσι καὶ δεδορκόσι A.Eu.322

(lyr.);

δεδορκότ' S.El.66

: freq. with neut. Adj., δεινόν, σμερδαλέον δ., look terrible, Il.3.342, 22.95, etc.;

δεινὰ . . ὀφθαλμοῖς δρακεῖν A.Eu.34

;

φόνια δ. Ar.Ra.1337

(lyr.): c. acc. cogn., πῦρ ὀφθαλμοῖσι δεδορκώς flashing fire from his eyes, Od.19.446;

Ἄρη δεδορκότων A.Th.53

; but

σκότον δεδ.

blind,

E.Ph.377

.

2 c. acc. objecti, look on or at, Il.13.86, etc.;

τί . . ἥδιον δρ.; A.Ag.602

;

ἐδέρχθης ὀλιγοδρανίαν Id.Pr.547

; so

δ. εἴς τινα Hes. Sc.169

, E.HF951;

κατά τι A.Pr.679

; descry, perceive, Od.10.197, E. Andr.545;

κτύπον δέδορκα A.Th.103

(lyr.).

b look with favour on, of Destiny, Pi.P.3.85.

II of light, flash, gleam, like the eye, δέδορκεν φάος, φέγγος, Id.N.3.84, 9.41; δεδορκὸς βλέπειν to be keen-eyed, Chrysipp.Stoic.3.198;

τὸ σφοδρὸν καὶ δεδορκός Plu.2.15b

. (Cf. Skt. dadárśa 'have seen', dṛ[snull ]tás 'seen'; prop. not merely of sight, but of sharp sight, cf. A.Supp.409, S.Aj.85.—Poet. and later Prose.)