σκοπ-άω

Where it lives

• For the Megalopolitans 6 · 32.4/10k
• In Defense of Mantitheus 3 · 26.27/10k
• Charmides 20 · 24.08/10k
• Laches 18 · 23.46/10k
• First Olynthiac 4 · 21.95/10k
• On the Scrutiny of Evandros 3 · 21.74/10k
• Crito 9 · 21.59/10k
• Against Onetor 2 2 · 21.05/10k
• Against Leptines 21 · 18.59/10k
• On the Public Fund 4 · 17.31/10k
• Cratylus 30 · 16.78/10k
• Against Nausimachus and Xenopeithes 3 · 16.4/10k

Densest 12 of 178 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

In the wild

• σκοπεῖτε · skopeite Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 232–233
• σκοπεῖς · skopeis Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 73)
• σκοπῶν · skopōn Aristophanes, Birds 1 (DIORISIS sentence 877)
• σκοπεῖν · skopein Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 384)
• σκοπῶν · skopōn Aristophanes, Clouds 740 (DIORISIS sentence 575)
• ἐσκοπεῖσθε · eskopeisthe Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 1159)

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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. σκοπέω (scan p. 1409; entry #5621).
• Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σκοπέω (scan p. 1041; entry #7380).

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