λεύσσω

λεύσσω, by good authors used only in [tense] pres. and [tense] impf. (in codd. sts. with single ς, as also in IG (v.infr.), CIG3284 ([place name] Smyrna), Hsch.); [dialect] Ep. [tense] impf.

A

λεῦσσον Od.8.200

; [dialect] Ion.

λεύσσεσκον Emp.129.5

: [tense] fut. λεύσω dub. in AP15.7, Man.6.93: [tense] aor. opt. λεύσσειε ib.487, λεύσσειεν ib. 620.—Poet. Verb, also used in Arc., IG5(2).16 (Tegea, iii B.C.), cf.

Κλειτορίων . . λεύσει· ὁρᾷ AB1096

:—look or gaze upon, see, c. acc., Il. 1.120, al., Pi.P.4.145: c. Part.,

πυρπολέοντας ἐλεύσσομεν Od.10.30

; of the gods,

ὁ εἰσαιὲν ὁρῶν κύκλος λεύσσει νιν Διός S.OC705

(lyr.);

λεύσσετε . . οἷα πάσχω Id.Ant.940

(anap.); used by Com. in mock Trag. phrases, Ar.Th.1052, Ra.992 (both lyr.).

2 abs., look, gaze,

λεύσσων ἐπὶ οἴνοπα πόντον Il.5.771

;

Κυκλώπων ἐς γαῖαν ἐλεύσσομεν Od.9.166

;

ἐς αὐτόν 8.171

, cf. S.OT1254;

στατὸν εἰς ὕδωρ Id.Ph.716

(lyr.);

ἐς χέρας E.Ph.596

(troch.);

πρόσσω καὶ ὀπίσσω λ. Il. 3.110

; ὁ μὴ λεύσσων, like ὁ μὴ βλέπων, he that lives no more, S.Tr.828 (lyr.); so c. acc.,

εἰ λεύσσει φάος E.Ph.1084

, cf. Tr.269 (lyr.).

3 c.acc. cogn.,

λ. φονίου δέργμα δράκοντος A.Pers.81

(lyr.); λεπτά, δεινὸν λ. κόραις, E.Or.224, 389; φόνον λεῦσσόν τε προσώπῳ and looked murder, Theoc.25.137.