ἔποψις
εως, ἡ
A.
view over, ἐπ’ ὅσον ἔ. τοῦ ἱροῦ εἶχε so far as the view from the temple reached, Hdt. 1.64 ; ἐκτὸς τῆς ἡμετέρας ἐ. beyond our range of vision. Pl. R. 499d ; ἀνώμαλον τὴν ἔποψιν τῆς ναυμαχίας ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἠναγκάζοντο ἔχειν to view the seafight, Th. 7.71 ; ἔποψίν τινος παρέχειν Plu. Pomp. 32 ; καταστὰς εἰς ἔ. τῶν πολεμίων Id. Luc. 8 ; ἐν ἐπόψει ἀλλήλοις within view, Str. 14.5.16.
II.
oversight, superintendence, ἔ. θεία περὶ τὸν κόσμον Hippod. ap.Stob. 4.39.26.