τί δή ποτ̓. δή, which the scribe of L appears to have regarded as the true reading (cr. n.), is slightly better here than μοι, which would be an ethic dat. (‘I pray thee’: cp. 144): μοι could not depend on ἐπισκοπῶν, which would require the acc. The partic. is absolute (‘with this steadfast gaze’); it does not govern τί (as=‘with what meaning?’).