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ἔποψις

ἔποψις, a view over

ἔποψ-ις, εως, ἡ,
  • view over, ἐπʼ 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.

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