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παρατηρ-έω

paratereo

watch closely

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Where it lives

Galatians 1 · 4.58/10k
De Insomniis 1 · 4.19/10k
Luke 3 · 1.56/10k
On the Art of Horsemanship 1 · 1.44/10k
Mark 1 · 0.91/10k
Athenian Constitution 1 · 0.61/10k
Psalmi 2 · 0.58/10k
Antidosis 1 · 0.57/10k
Acts 1 · 0.56/10k
On the Crown 1 · 0.51/10k
Rhetoric 2 · 0.47/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

παρατηρ-έω · paratēr-eō — LSJ

watch closely, observe, lie in wait for, watch oneʼs opportunity, to be kept under observation

watch closely, θεία φύσις -τηροῦσα τὰς τῶν ζῴων ἐξόδους Epicur. Ep. 2p.54U., cf. Ceb. 9 ; of a general, π. τόπους Plb. 1.29.4 ; σφᾶς αὐτοὺς π. Id. 11.9.9 ; observe, -τετηρηκότες μόνον (opp. scientific explanation) Phld. Rh. 1.248 S.: folld. by an interrog. clause, π. τινά, ὁπότερα . . X. Mem. 3.14.4 ; π. τίς ἔπταρεν Philem. 100.1 : by a part.. π. [ὄρνιθα] ἀποδυόμενον Arist. HA 620a8 ; with evil design, lie in wait for, watch oneʼs opportunity, abs., Id. Rh. 1384b7 ; in argument, Id. Top. 161a23

2 take care

take care, ὅπως μὴ . . D. 18.161 ; π. ἵνα . . D.H. Dem. 53.

3 observe carefully, observe religiously

observe carefully, τὸ μέτριον Arist. Rh. 1405b33 :—Med., observe religiously, ἡμέρας καὶ μῆνας Ep.Gal. 4.10 ; τὴν τῶν σαββάτων ἡμέραν J. AJ 14.10.25 : generally, ὅσα προστάττουσιν [οἱ νόμοι] ἀκριβῶς π. D.C. 53.10.

In the wild

παρατηροῦντες · paratērountes Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..18 (DIORISIS sentence 228)
παρατηρήσασι · paratērēsasi Aristotle, De Insomniis (DIORISIS sentence 26)
παρατηρεῖν · paratērein Aristotle, Rhetoric 2
παρατηρεῖν · paratērein Aristotle, Rhetoric 3
παρατηρῶν · paratērōn Demosthenes, On the Crown 161 (DIORISIS sentence 477)
παρατηρήσαντα · paratērēsanta Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.1 (DIORISIS sentence 184)

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