σκέπτομαι

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai, from Proto-Indo-European *skep-ye-, from a metathesis of *speḱ-.

Cognate to Latin speciō (I see).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

σκέπτομαι (sképtomai)

  1. I look at, examine
    • 428 BCE, Euripides, Hippolytus 943:
      σκέψασθε δ᾽ ἐς τόνδ᾽
      Look at this man
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 12.247:
      σκεψάμενος δ᾽ ἐς νῆα θοὴν ἅμα καὶ μεθ᾽ ἑταίρους
      Looking at once at both ship and men
  2. I examine, consider, think
    • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 1028:
      σκέψασθε, πρὸς θεῶν, τὴν τύχην δυοῖν βροτοῖν.
      sképsasthe, pròs theôn, tḕn túkhēn duoîn brotoîn.
      Consider, by the gods, the fortune of these two men.
    • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.38:
      καὶ δῆτα, ὃ πολλάκις ἐσκεψάμην, τί καὶ βούλεσθε, ὦ νεώτεροι;
      kaì dêta, hò pollákis eskepsámēn, tí kaì boúlesthe, ô neṓteroi?
      And after all, as I have often asked, what would you have, young men?
    1. (rarely) I think, deem
      • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 854c:
        καλλίω θάνατον σκεψάμενος
        kallíō thánaton skepsámenos
        deeming death the more noble way
    2. I prepare, premeditate
      • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Timocrates 158:
        καὶ τοιούτους λόγους σχολὴν ἄγοντ᾽ ἐσκέφθαι περὶ πάντων ὥστ᾽ εὖ εἰδέναι
        and he has thought out at leisure such fine arguments on every point
      • 349 BCE, Demosthenes, First Olynthiac 1:
        οὐ γὰρ μόνον εἴ τι χρήσιμον ἐσκεμμένος ἥκει τις,
        ou gàr mónon eí ti khrḗsimon eskemménos hḗkei tis,
        For not only if someone comes forward with a well-considered plan,

Usage notes

The present and imperfect are suppleted from σκοπέω (skopéō) in Attic.

Inflection

Derived terms

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsce.pto.me/
  • Hyphenation: σκέ‧πτο‧μαι

Verb

σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) deponent (past σκέφθηκα/σκέφτηκα) (σκέφτηκα as from σκέφτομαι (skéftomai))

  1. (formal) Alternative form of σκέφτομαι (skéftomai)

Usage notes

Mainly found in compounds

Conjugation

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Derived terms