A). δερκέσκετο Od. 5.158 : fut. δέρξομαι Androm. ap. Gal. 6.37 : pf. in pres. sense δέδορκα Il. 22.95 , Pi. O. 1.94 , A. Th. 103 (lyr.), etc.; also later Prose, Arist. Phgn. 808a4 , Luc. Herm. 20 , Icar. 6 , 14 : aor. ἔδρᾰκον Od. 10.197 , A. Eu. 34 , E. HF 951 (never in S.): aor. part. Pass. δρακείς Pi. P. 2.20 , N. 7.3 ; ἐδέρχθην A. Pr. 547 (lyr.); δέρχθη S. Aj. 425 (lyr.), imper. δέρχθητε A. Pr. 93 (lyr.), part. δερχθείς S. Fr. 837 ; later in med. forms δέρξατο APl. 4.166 ( Even.), ἐδρακόμην AP 7.224 :—see clearly, see, Il. 17.675 ; part. δεδορκώς having sight, opp. τυφλός, S. OT 454 , cf. El. 66 : hence, alive, living, ζῶντος καὶ ἐπὶ χθονὶ δερκομένοιο Il. 1.88 , cf. Od. 16.439 ; δρακεῖσ’ ἀσφαλές since she lives in safety, Pi. P. 2.20 ; ἀλαοῖσι καὶ δεδορκόσι A. Eu. 322 (lyr.); δεδορκότ’ S. El. 66 : freq. with neut. Adj., δεινόν, σμερδαλέον δ., look terrible, Il. 3.342 , 22.95 , etc.; δεινὰ .. ὀφθαλμοῖς δρακεῖν A. Eu. 34 ; φόνια δ. Ar. Ra. 1337 (lyr.): c. acc. cogn., πῦρ ὀφθαλμοῖσι δεδορκώς flashing fire from his eyes, Od. 19.446 ; Ἄρη δεδορκότων A. Th. 53 ; but σκότον δεδ. blind, E. Ph. 377 .

2). c. acc. objecti, look on or at, Il. 13.86 , etc.; τί .. ἥδιον δρ.; A. Ag. 602 ; ἐδέρχθης ὀλιγοδρανίαν Id. Pr. 547 ; so δ. εἴς τινα Hes. Sc. 169 , E. HF 951 ; κατά τι A. Pr. 679 ; descry, perceive, Od. 10.197 , E. Andr. 545 ; κτύπον δέδορκα A. Th. 103 (lyr.).

b). look with favour on, of Destiny, Pi. P. 3.85 .

II). of light, flash, gleam, like the eye, δέδορκεν φάος, φέγγος, Id. N. 3.84 , 9.41 ; δεδορκὸς βλέπειν to be keen-eyed, Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.198 ; τὸ σφοδρὸν καὶ δεδορκός Plu. 2.15b . (Cf. Skt. dadárśa 'have seen', dṛ[snull ]tás 'seen'; prop. not merely of sight, but of sharp sight, cf. A. Supp. 409 , S. Aj. 85 .—Poet. and later Prose.)