1. ὀπιπεύω · opipeuō — Chantraine
The corpus record
ὀπιπεύω
opipeuo
«+lorgner, guetter, épiers (Hom
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Where it lives
- Works and Days 2 · 3.47/10k
- Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k
- Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
What it meant
2. ὀπῑπ-εύω · opip-euō — LSJ
stare at, with collat. notion of spying, watch, ὀπιπεύσεις δὲ γυναῖκας Od. 19.67 ; or of fear, τί δʼ ὀπιπεύεις πολέμοιο γεφύρας ; Il. 4.371, cf. Hes. Op. 29.
watch, spy, οὐ γάρ σʼ ἐθέλω βαλέειν . . λάθρῃ ὀπιπεύσας, ἀλλʼ ἀμφαδόν Il. 7.243 ; εὖ μάλʼ ὀπιπεύοντα . . βάλλειν Hes. Op. 806, cf. Musae. 101, Orph. A. 249 :—Med., to be on the alert, Onos. 10.26.
seduce, Man. 3.196 :—Pass., δολεροῖσιν -ευθεῖσαι ἔπεσσιν Id. 6.182. (Redupl. from ὀπ-, cf. ὄπ-ωπα.)
In the wild
- ὀπιπεύοντʼ · opipeuontʼ Works and Days 27–29
- ὀπιπεύοντα · opipeuonta Works and Days 805–808
- ὀπιπεύεις · opipeueis Iliad 4.371
- ὀπιπεύσας · opipeusas Iliad 7.243
- ὀπιπεύσεις · opipeuseis Odyssey 19.67
Where it came from
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὀπιπεύω (scan p. 825; entry #5973).
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