δέρκομαι

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. ἔδρακον 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.)