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παρατήρ-ησις

parateresis · ἡ

observation

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Where it lives

Luke 1 · 0.52/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

παρατήρ-ησις · paratēr-ēsis — LSJ

observation, surveillance, it can be observed, close observation, empirical observation

observation, διειλημμένοι εἰς παρατήρησιν kept under surveillance, Aen. Tact. 10.25 ; παρατηρήσεις ἄστρων D.S. 1.28, cf. 5.31 ; π. παθέων ἀλλοτρίων IG 42(1).687.14 (Epid., ii A. D.) ; ποιεῖσθαι τὴν π. Plu. Isid. 2.363b ; μετὰ παρατηρήσεως so that it can be observed, Ev.Luc. 17.20 : in bad sense, close observation, to detect faults, etc., Plb. 16.22.8 ; ἐνέδρα καὶ π. Plu. Aet.Gr. 2.266b ; empirical observation, opp. λογισμός, Gal. 1.127 ; so κατὰ ἱστορίαν ἢ π. Phld. Rh. 1.40 S.

2 observance

observance of rules, etc., D.T. 629.21.

3 remark, note, notice

remark, note, παρατηρήσεως ἄξια Longin. 23.2, cf. Sch. Ar. Ra. 1258 ; ψιλὴ π. bare notice, A.D. Pron. 41.8.

In the wild

παρατήρησις · paratērēsis Epictetus, Discourses 3.16 (DIORISIS sentence 4603)
παρατηρήσεως · paratērēseōs Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 3.4.1 (DIORISIS sentence 242)
παρατηρήσεως · paratērēseōs New Testament, Luke 17.20 (DIORISIS sentence 889)

Where it came from

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