ὁράω To see: absol. to see or look, Hom., etc.; κατʼ αὐτοὺς αἰὲν ὅρα he kept looking down at them, Il.; ὁρόων ἐπὶ οἴνοπα πόντον looking over the sea, Il.:— ὁρᾶν πρός τι, like Lat. spectare ad, to look towards, ἀκρωτήριον τὸ πρὸς Μέγαρα ὁρῶν Thuc. to have sight, Soph.: hence says Oedipus, ὅσʼ ἂν λέγωμεν, πάνθʼ ὁρῶντα λέξομεν [though I am blind], my words shall have eyes, i. e. shall be to the purpose, Soph.; ἀμβλύτερον ὁρᾶν to be dim-sighted, Plat. to see to, look to, i. e. take heed, beware, ὅρα ὅπως . ., Ar.; ὅρα εἰ . . , see whether . . , Aesch., etc. ὁρᾷς; ὁρᾶτε; seeʼst thou? dʼye see? parenthetically, esp. in explanations, like Lat. videnʼ? Ar. c. acc. cogn. to look so and so, δεινὸν ὁρῶν ὄσσοισι Hes.; ἔαρ ὁρόωσα Theocr. trans. to see an object, look at, behold, perceive, observe, c. acc., Hom., etc.; αἰεὶ τέρμʼ ὁρόων always keeping it in sight, Il. poet. for ζάω, ζώει καὶ ὁρᾷ φάος Ἠελίοιο Hom.; so, φῶς ὁρᾶν Soph.; and in Mid., φέγγος ὁρᾶσθαι Eur. to look out for, provide, τί τινι Soph., Theocr. the inf. is used after an adj., δεινὸς ἰδεῖν terrible to behold, Solon; ἔχθιστος ὁρᾶν Soph., etc. the Mid. is used by Poets just like the Act., Il., Aesch., etc. Pass. to be seen, Aesch., etc.: also like φαίνομαι to let oneself be seen, appear, Plat.: τὰ ὁρώμενα all that is seen, things visible, Plat. metaph., ὁρᾶν is used of mental sight, to discern, perceive, Soph., etc.; so blind Oedipus says, φωνῇ γὰρ ὁρῶ, τὸ φατιζόμενον I see by sound, as the saying is, Soph.