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διασκοπέω

diaskopeo

look at in different ways, examine

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Where it lives

Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
Epistles 2 · 1.18/10k
Apology 1 · 1.14/10k
Phaedo 2 · 0.92/10k
Euthydemus 1 · 0.8/10k
Statesman 1 · 0.59/10k
Cratylus 1 · 0.56/10k
Protagoras 1 · 0.56/10k
Eudemian Ethics 1 · 0.38/10k
Gorgias 1 · 0.38/10k
History 5 · 0.33/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

διασκοπέω · diaskopeō — LSJ

look at in different ways, examine, consider well

look at in different ways, examine or consider well, Hdt. 3.38, E. Cyc. 557, etc.; ἑξῆς δ. τὸν λόγον Pl. R. 350e, cf. Tht. 168e; also δ. πρὸς ἑαυτόν Id. Chrm. 160e; περὶ σφᾶς αὐτούς, περί τινος, Th. 7.71, Pl. Phd. 61e; δ. περί τινος εἰ . . Arist. Pol. 1272a26: c. gen., τῆς ἑαυτῶν ἀσφαλείας D.C. 58.7:—Med., πρὸς τὰ ἔξω διασκοπεῖσθαι Th. 6.59: impf., Pl. Plt. 259c.

II look round one, keep watching

abs., look round one, keep watching, μὴ ὁρῶνται X. Cyn. 9.3.

In the wild

διασκοπεῖν · diaskopein Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 1
διασκοποῦσιν · diaskopousin Aristotle, Politics 1280b (DIORISIS sentence 1072)
διασκοποῦ · diaskopou Epictetus, Fragments (DIORISIS sentence 236)
διασκοπῶν · diaskopōn Plato, Apology 21
διασκοποῦντες · diaskopountes Plato, Cratylus 397 (DIORISIS sentence 369)
διεσκόπεις · dieskopeis Plato, Epistles 312

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Where it came from

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