ἐπίσκηψις

A. injunction, τὰς Εὐθυκράτους ἐπισκήψεις Is. 9.36, cf. Ph. 1.362 (pl.), Plu. Dio 11.

II. . as law-term, denunciation, the first step in a prosecution, esp. in a δίκη ψευδομαρτυριῶν, brought against the witness of a διαμαρτυρία (q.v.), τῇ ἐ. τῶν ψευδομαρτυριῶν D. 47.51; Charondas πρῶτος ἐποίησε τὴν ἐ. Arist. Pol. 1274b7; τούτων τὰς ἐ. εἶναι theirs shall be the right of ἐ., D. 47.72.