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περιωπ-ή , , (ὤψ)
A.place commanding a wide view, Il.14.8, 23.451, Od.10.146, Pl.Plt.272e ; παράκτιος π. AP 6.167 (Agath.) ; ἐκ περιωπῆς from a place of vantage, by a bird's-eye view, Luc.Symp.11, Im.1 ; ἐκ π. τοῦ Πηλίου from the summit of P., Philostr.Her.19.1.
II. circumspection, πολλὴν π. τινὸς ποιεῖσθαι to show much caution in a thing, Th.4.87.
III. contemplation, ἐπιστήμης, τοῦ θείου, Procl in Alc.pp.19,21 C. : pl., ταῖς τοῦ νοῦ π. Dam.Pr.54.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Homer, Iliad, 23.451
    • Homer, Iliad, 14.8
    • Homer, Odyssey, 10.146
    • Plato, Statesman, 272e
    • Thucydides, Histories, 4.87
    • Lucian, Symposium, 11
    • Lucian, Imagines, 1
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