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λεύσσω

leusso

to see (clearly), look, examine

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Where it lives

Rhesus 6 · 11.16/10k
Trojan Women 6 · 8.48/10k
Phoenissae 7 · 7.25/10k
Trachiniae 5 · 6.88/10k
Persians 3 · 5.89/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 6 · 5.79/10k
Philoctetes 5 · 5.68/10k
Bacchae 4 · 5.32/10k
Prometheus Bound 3 · 5.1/10k
Orestes 5 · 5.1/10k
Electra 4 · 4.61/10k
Suppliant Maidens 2 · 4.15/10k

Densest 12 of 28 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. λεύσσω · leussō — Beekes

λεύσσω [v.] ‘to see (clearly), look, examine’ (Il), cf. Ruijgh 1957: 132. 41Ὲ “leuk- ‘(become) light’> eVAR Present stem only, except for the isolated and late aorist forms λεύσσατε, Aevooete(v)s on mg. and construction Treu 1955: 64. eDIALArc.Aevow, but see.on »λευτν. 852 λευτὸν *COMP Rarely with ἐπι-, εἰσ-, 11po0-, Ttpo-. *ETYM Beside the full grade yod-present λεύσ(σ)ω from *AevK-w, Sanskrit has a full grade … — [Beekes, s.v. λεύσσω, p. 898]

2. λεύσσω · leussō — Chantraine

λεύσσω :« diriger son regard vers, voir », le complément peut être précédé de prépositions comme εἰς, ἐπὶ, mais on ἃ aussi l'acc.; ce verbe exprime l'idée d'un ffux visuel rayonnant des yeux, non de l'objet, malgré Treu, Von Homer zu Lyrik 64, cf. Mugler, Terminologie oplique s.u. R.Et, Gr., 1960, 40 ; Gonda, Lingua 9, 1960, 178; comme d'autres verbes signifiant « voir » peut, avec des compléments comme φῶς, ἥλιον, … — [Chantraine, s.v. λεύσσω, p. 650]

3. λεύσσω · leussō — Frisk

λεύσσω (auch λεύσω), vereinzelt mit ἐπι-, eic-, 72000-, προ-, *(klar) sehen, schauen, betrachten’ (ep. poet. seit Il., auch ark.; vgl. Ruijgh L’elem. acheen 132, dazu Risch Gnomon 30, 92), nur Präsensstamm bis auf vereinzelte und späte Aoristformen (λεύσσατε, λεύσσειε(ν}); zur Schreibung Debrunner IF 21,254, Kretschmer Glotta 22, 223f., zur Bedeutung und Konstruktion Treu Von Homer zur Lyrik 64. Neben dem … — [Frisk, s.v. λεύσσω, p. 1082]

4. λεύσσω · leussō — LSJ

look, gaze upon, see

Poet. Verb, also used in Arc., IG 5(2).16 (Tegea, iii B.C.), cf. Κλειτορίων . . λεύσει· ὁρᾷ AB 1096:—look or gaze upon, see, c. acc., Il. 1.120, al., Pi. P. 4.145: c. Part., πυρπολέοντας ἐλεύσσομεν Od. 10.30; of the gods, ὁ εἰσαιὲν ὁρῶν κύκλος λεύσσει νιν Διός S. OC 705 (lyr.); λεύσσετε . . οἷα πάσχω Id. Ant. 940 (anap.); used by Com. in mock Trag. phrases, Ar. Th. 1052, Ra. 992 (both lyr.).

2 look, gaze, lives

abs., look, gaze, λεύσσων ἐπὶ οἴνοπα πόντον Il. 5.771; Κυκλώπων ἐς γαῖαν ἐλεύσσομεν Od. 9.166; ἐς αὐτόν 8.171, cf. S. OT 1254; στατὸν εἰς ὕδωρ Id. Ph. 716 (lyr.); ἐς χέρας E. Ph. 596 (troch.); πρόσσω καὶ ὀπίσσω λ. Il. 3.110; ὁ μὴ λεύσσων, like ὁ μὴ βλέπων, he that lives no more, S. Tr. 828 (lyr.); so c. acc., εἰ λεύσσει φάος E. Ph. 1084, cf. Tr. 269 (lyr.).

3 looked

c. acc. cogn., λ. φονίου δέργμα δράκοντος A. Pers. 81 (lyr.); λεπτά, δεινὸν λ. κόραις, E. Or. 224, 389; φόνον λεῦσσόν τε προσώπῳ and looked murder, Theoc. 25.137.

In the wild

λεύσσετε · leussete Aeschylus, Eumenides 254–257
λεύσσω · leussō Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 10
λεύσσων · leussōn Aeschylus, Persians 81–86
λεύσσων · leussōn Aeschylus, Persians 684–685
ἔλευσσες · eleusses Aeschylus, Persians 709–712
λεύσσω · leussō Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 144

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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. λεύσσω (scan pp. 898-899; entry #3728).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. λεύσσω (scan p. 650; entry #4787).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. λεύσσω (scan p. 1082; entry #3549).

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