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σκέπ-τομαι , Il.17.652, Thgn.1095, and Ion., Hdt.3.37, al., Hp.Prog.2, Herod.7.92; but Att. writers (before Arist.) hardly ever have the pres. and impf. σκέπτομαι, ἐσκεπτόμην (exc. Pl.La.185b, Alc.2.140a; in Th.8.66, Bauer restored plpf. προὔσκεπτο), but use σκοπῶ or σκοποῦμαι as pres., and take the other tenses from σκέπτομαι, fut.
A.σκέψομαιAr.Pax 29, Th.6.40, etc.; aor. “ἐσκεψάμηνA.Ch.229, S.Aj.1028, E.Ion 206 (lyr.), Th.6.38, etc.; pf. “ἔσκεμμαιE.Heracl.147, Hp.VM24, etc.: cf. σκοπέω:—but the pf. is used also in pass. sense, as also some other tenses, v. infr. 11.4.
2. examine, “τῷ δακτύλῳ τιHp.Nat.Mul.7.
2. rarely, think or deem a thing to be so and so, “καλλίω θάνατον σκεψάμενοςPl.Lg.854c.
3. think of beforehand, provide, “σκεπτόμεθα τἀναγκαῖ᾽ ἑκάστης ἡμέραςPhilem.120; “τὸ συμφέρονPl.R.342a; prepare, premeditate, “λόγουςD.24.158; “εἴ τι χρήσιμον ἐσκεμμένος ἥκειId.1.1: c. inf., plan, Th.8.63.
4. pf. in pass. sense, πάντα ἐσκεμμένα ἡτοίμασται with consideration, Id.7.62; σκοπεῖτε οὖν. Answ. “ἔσκεπταιPl.R.369b, cf. X.HG3.3.8, D.21.191, 61.7: also 3 fut. Pass. “ἐσκέψεταιPl.R.392c; aor. ἐσκέφθην, ες τὸ σκεφθῆναι for observation, Hp.de Arte 11; aor. 2 and fut. 2 ἐσκέπην ἐπ-, σκεπήσομαι ἐπι-), LXX Nu.1.19, 1 Ki.20.18.
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