σκοπέω
Etym. σκοπός
Etym. used by Att. writers only in pres. and impf., the other tenses being supplied by σκέπτομαι.
I. "to look at or after" a thing: "to behold, contemplate", Pind., Soph., etc.:—absol. "to look out, watch", Soph., etc.
2. metaph. "to look to, consider, examine", Hdt., attic; σκ. τι Thuc., etc.; σκ. περί τινος or τι Plat.: absol., ὀρθῶς σκοπεῖν Eur., etc.
3. "to look out for", c. acc., Xen., etc.
II. Mid., used just like Act., Soph., Eur.
III. Pass., σκοπῶν καὶ σκοπούμενος "considering" and "being considered", Plat.