ἐπισκέπτομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐπι- (epi-) +‎ σκέπτομαι (sképtomai).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pis.kép.to.mai̯/ → /e.pisˈcep.to.mɛ/ → /e.pisˈcep.to.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pis.kép.to.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pisˈkep.to.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pisˈcep.to.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pisˈcep.to.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pisˈcep.to.me/

Verb

ἐπισκέπτομαι • (episképtomai)

1. to examine, consider
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Aristides 1.7:

     τὸ μὲν οὖν τοῦ Παναιτίου βέλτιον ἐπισκεπτέον ὅπως ἔχει.

     tò mèn oûn toû Panaitíou béltion episkeptéon hópōs ékhei.

     The argument of Panaetius requires to be more closely considered.

References

• “ἐπισκέπτομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπισκέπτομαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἐπισκέπτομαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐπισκέπτομαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G1980 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible