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διόπτ-ης

dioptes · ὁ

looker through

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What it meant

διόπτ-ης · diopt-ēs — LSJ

looker through

looker through, ὦ Ζεῦ διόπτα! says Dicaeopolis in Ar. Ach. 435, holding up a ragged garment to the light.

II

= foreg. [διοπτήρ] I [spy, scout], E. Rh. 234 (lyr.).

III

= διόπτρα I, Hsch.

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