ἀποσκοπέω

A. look away from other objects at one, and so look steadily, πρός τινα or τι, S. OT 746, Pl. Plt. 291e, Arist. Pol. 1284b5, etc.; εἴς τι S. OC 1195; πόρρω ποι ἀ. Pl. R. 432e; keep watch, Luc. DMar. 6.2.

2. c.acc., look to, regard, E. Hec. 939 (lyr.), D.H. 6.72, Procop. Goth. 4.15:—Med., ἀποσκοπεῖσθαι τὸ μέλλον Plu. Pomp. 79; πρός τι Procl. in Prm. p.549 S.

3. ἀποσκοπεῖν εἰ . . E. Supp. 236.

4. Pass., ἡ πόλις ἐκ περιωπῆς ‐εῖται is visible from a distance, Procop. Aed. 1.1.