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προσκοπέω 1 2 3

I.to see or consider beforehand, weigh well, look to, provide for, προσκεψάμενος ἐπὶ σεωυτοῦ Hdt.; πάντα προσκοπεῖν Soph.; μὴ παθεῖν προεσκόπουν were making provision against suffering, Thuc.:—so in Mid., τὸ σὸν προσκοπούμενος Eur.
2.to watch (like a πρόσκοπος or spy), τινά Ar.:—so in Mid., προσκοπουμένη πόσιν Eur.
3.to prefer before, τί τινος id=Eur.
II.perf. and plup. in pass. sense, to be considered beforehand, Thuc., Plat.

1 fut. -κέψομαι

2 aor1 προὐσκεψάμην

3 3rd sg. plup. προὔσκεπτο

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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