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σκοπιά

skopia · ἡ

lookout-place

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

σκοπ-ιά · skop-ia — LSJ

lookout-place, hill-top, lookout-place, watch-tower

lookout-place, in Hom. esp. a hill-top, σκοπιὴν εἰς παιπαλόεσσαν Od. 10.97; ἀπὸ σκοπιῆς εἶδεν Il. 4.275, Od. 4.524; ἥμενος ἐν σκοπιῇ Il. 5.771; ὀπτῆρας δὲ κατὰ σκοπιὰς ὤτρυνα νέεσθαι each to his lookout-place, Od. 14.261; ἄγγελος . . ἀπὸ τηλαυγέος φαινόμενος σ. Thgn. 550; watch-tower, Hdt. 2.15; ὥσπερ ἀπὸ σ. μοι φαίνεται Pl. R. 445c.

2 peak, height

peak, height, of Cithaeron, Simon. 130; of Athos, S. Fr. 237 (anap.); Ἰλιὰς σ., of the Trojan acropolis, E. Hec. 931 (lyr.), cf. Ph. 233 (lyr.), Ar. Nu. 281 (lyr.), etc.; Θάσου σκοπιαί JHS 29.93: metaph., Pi. N. 9.47:—σκοπιαί personified as women (Oreads), Philostr. Im. 2.4.

II look-out, watch, watch

look-out, watch, σκοπιὴν ἔχειν to keep watch, Od. 8.302; οὔ κῃ πρόσω σ. ἔχοντες τούτων Hdt. 5.13; κρυπταὶ σ. X. Eq.Mag. 4.10; σκοπιὴν φυλάσσειν Arat. 883.

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