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κατεῖδον

kateidon

look down, look down upon, view, see, behold, regard

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 71 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

κατεῖδον · kateidon — LSJ

look down

look down, Περγάμου ἒκ κατιδών Il. 4.508 (nisi leg. ἐκκατ-).

II look down upon, view

c. acc., look down upon, view, τὰς νήσους ἁπάσας ἐν κύκλῳ Ar. Eq. 170.

2 see, behold, regard, catch sight of

see, behold, regard, Thgn. 905, A. Pers. 1026 (lyr.); catch sight of, τὰς νέας Hdt. 7.194, cf. E. Supp. 1044; κατιδεῖν βίον to live, A. Ag. 474 (lyr.).

3 perceive, discern

of mental vision, perceive, discern, S. OT 338, Pl. Euthphr. 2c.

III

Med. in act.sense, aor. 2 κατειδόμην, inf. κατιδέσθαι, τι Hdt. 4.179, 7.208, S. El. 892, etc.; κατιδέσθαι ἔς τι Hdt. 5.35.

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Where it came from

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