ὁράω
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.
Headword (normalized):
ὁράω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
οραω
Intro Text:
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.
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