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δέρκομαι

derkomai

to look, cast the eye (ony (IIl.). 41k *derk- ‘see

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Shield of Heracles 5 · 15.46/10k
Prometheus Bound 8 · 13.61/10k
Heracles 7 · 8.94/10k
Ichneutae 1 · 5.82/10k
Eumenides 3 · 5.72/10k
Trojan Women 4 · 5.65/10k
Ajax 4 · 5.09/10k
Electra 4 · 4.61/10k
Suppliants 3 · 4.26/10k
Seven Against Thebes 2 · 3.97/10k
Electra 3 · 3.97/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 3 · 3.24/10k

Densest 12 of 32 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. δέρκομαι · derkomai — Beekes

δέρκομαι [v.] ‘to look, cast the eye (ony (IIl.). 41k *derk- ‘see’> «ΑΚ Aor. Spaxeiv, with “passive” forms ἐδράκην (Pi.), ἐδέρχθην (A.), perf. (with present mg.) δέδορκα. 318 dépw *COMP Prefixes ἀμφι-, ἀνα-, etc. *DER Sépypa ‘glance’ (A.), δεργμός ‘id.’ (H.), δέρξις ‘sense of sight’ (Orac. apud Plu., H.); with zero grade δράκος [n.] ‘eye’ (Nic. Al. 481). Verbal adjective as a PN Aépxetog (Crete), δυσ-δέρκετος … — [Beekes, s.v. δέρκομαι, p. 364]

2. δέρκομαι · derkomai — Chantraine

δέρκομαι : pr. (Hom., poètes), f. δέρξομαι (tardif), aor. ἔδρακον (Hom., Æsch., E.) avec des formes «passives » ἐδράκην (Pi), ἐδέρχθην (Æsch., S.); la forme 18. plus importante et que la prose tardive reprend (Arisi., Luc.) est le pf. δέδορκα. Le verbe exprime l’idée de «voir» en soulignant l'intensité ou la qualité du regard (avec des déterminants comme δεινόν, etc.) Dit de serpents, de l'aigle, de la Gorgone, de … — [Chantraine, s.v. δέρκομαι, p. 278]

3. δέρκομαι · derkomai — Frisk

δέρκομαι, Aor. Öpaxeiv, Perf. (mit Präsensbedeutung) δέδορπα “ansehen, blicken’ (poet. seit Il., Arist. u. späte Prosa). Auch mit Präfix ἀμφι-, dva- usw. — Davon die Verbalabstrakta δέργμα “Blick’ (A., E. usw.), δεργμός "ds (H.), δέρξις “Sehvermögen’ (Orac. ap. Plu., H.); mit Schwundstufe öodxos n. ‘Auge’ (Nik. Al. 481). Verbaladjektiv als EN A&oxeros (Kreta), δυσ-δέρκετος (Opp.). — Öpdxwv, ὑπόδρα 8. bes. — … — [Frisk, s.v. δέρκομαι, p. 400]

4. δέρκομαι · derkomai — Frisk

δέρκομαι. δορκάξων von Öopxds? (Leumann briefl.). — Aind. 3. pl. ddrsan ist nicht ohne weiteres mit ἔδρακον gleichzusetzen, da die Form zum Wz.-Aor. (1. sg. ddarsam) gehört; 5. Hoffmann Indo-Ir. Journ. 4 (1960) 119f. mit Kuiper. Als Wz.-Aor. läßt. sich auch das Ptz. öoaxeis (Pi. dreimal) verstehen (= aind. *drsant-), s. Forssman Münch. Stud. 16 (1964) 17ff. — Alb. drite “Licht” ist Reimwort zu ditö ‘Tag’; vgl. Cabej … — [Frisk, s.v. δέρκομαι, p. 2197]

5. δέρκομαι · derkomai — LSJ

see clearly, see, having sight, alive, living, since she lives, look, flashing, blind

see clearly, see, Il. 17.675; part. δεδορκώς having sight, opp. τυφλός, S. OT 454, cf. El. 66: hence, alive, living, ζῶντος καὶ ἐπὶ χθονὶ δερκομένοιο Il. 1.88, cf. Od. 16.439; δρακεῖσʼ ἀσφαλές since she lives in safety, Pi. P. 2.20; ἀλαοῖσι καὶ δεδορκόσι A. Eu. 322 (lyr.); δεδορκότʼ S. El. 66: freq. with neut. Adj., δεινόν, σμερδαλέον δ., look terrible, Il. 3.342, 22.95, etc.; δεινὰ . . ὀφθαλμοῖς δρακεῖν A. Eu. 34; φόνια δ. Ar. Ra. 1337 (lyr.): c. acc. cogn., πῦρ ὀφθαλμοῖσι δεδορκώς flashing fir

2 look on, at, descry, perceive

c. acc. objecti, look on or at, Il. 13.86, etc.; τί . . ἥδιον δρ.; A. Ag. 602; ἐδέρχθης ὀλιγοδρανίαν Id. Pr. 547; so δ. εἴς τινα Hes. Sc. 169, E. HF 951; κατά τι A. Pr. 679; descry, perceive, Od. 10.197, E. Andr. 545; κτύπον δέδορκα A. Th. 103 (lyr.).

b look with favour on

look with favour on, of Destiny, Pi. P. 3.85.

II flash, gleam, keen, sight, sharp sight

of light, flash, gleam, like the eye, δέδορκεν φάος, φέγγος, Id. N. 3.84, 9.41; δεδορκὸς βλέπειν to be keen-eyed, Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.198; τὸ σφοδρὸν καὶ δεδορκός Plu. Aud.poet. 2.15b. (Cf. Skt. dadárśa ‘have seen’, dṛṣtás ‘seenʼ; prop. not merely of sight, but of sharp sight, cf. A. Supp. 409, S. Aj. 85.—Poet. and later Prose.)

In the wild

δεδορκὼς · dedorkōs Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1178–1179
δρακεῖν · drakein Aeschylus, Agamemnon 601–603
δεδορκόσιν · dedorkosin Aeschylus, Eumenides 321–322
δρακεῖν · drakein Aeschylus, Eumenides 34–37
δερκομένοισι · derkomenoisi Aeschylus, Eumenides 381–388
δρακόντοιν · drakontoin Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 1044–1047

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. δέρκομαι (scan pp. 364-365; entry #1638). Root candidates: *derk-.
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. δέρκομαι (scan pp. 278-279; entry #1916).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. δέρκομαι (scan p. 400; entry #1497).

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