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βλέπω , Sol.11.8, etc.: impf.
A.ἔβλεπονBatr.67: fut. “βλέψομαιD. 25.98, Dor. inf. “βλεψεῖσθαιIG4.951.75 (Epid.), later “βλέψωLXX Is. 6.9, Aristid.2.46J., etc.: aor. ἔβλεψα (v. infr.): pf. βέβλεφα ἀπο-) Antip.Stoic.3.254 (codd. Stob.); βέβλοφα ἐμ-) PLond.1.42.21 (ii A. D.):—Pass., aor. ἐβλέφθην προσ-) Plu.2.68of: pf. βέβλεμμαι to be supplied in Ath.10.409c, cf. Eust. 1401.16:—chiefly in pres. and aor. Act. in early writers: Med. (exc. fut.) and 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 μάτηνA.Pr.447; “βλέποντας ἀθλιωτάτουςAlex.234; μὴ βλέπων μάντις lest he see too clearly, S.OT747; βλέπων the seer, Hebraism in LXX 1 Ki.9.9; ὀλίγον βλέπων short- sighted, POxy.39.9 (i A. D.).
II. look, “βλέφ᾽ ὧδεS.Tr.402; “ἐπὶ ἐμοίId.Aj.345 (s. v.l.); “εἴς τιA.Pers.802; “ἐπί τιTh.7.71; “εἰς τὰ τούτων πρόσωπαD. 18.283; πῶς βλέπων; with what face? S.Ph.110; “ὄμμασιν ποίοις β.; Id.OT1371; “β. ἅμα πρόσσω καὶ ὀπίσσωPl.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 βλέπωνA.Th.498; Com., ἔβλεψε νᾶπυ looked mustard, Ar.Eq.631; “ἀνδρεῖον . . καὶ βλέποντ᾽ ὀρίγανονId.Ra.603; “βλεπόντων κάρδαμαId.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. ἀπιστίανEup.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.
3. look longingly, expect, propose, c. inf., Ar.Ach.376, V. 847.
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.
3. look for, “μεῖζόν τι β.Pl.Chrm.172c.
4. Astrol. of signs equidistant from the tropical points, to be in aspect, “β. ἄλληλαPtol.Tetr.36, Heph.Astr.1.9. (βλέφαρα occurs in Hom., but not βλέπω exc. in Batr. l.c.)
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