Ὀψείοντες

wishing to see

Translated by Catharine Roth16 Jan 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

8 words

[Meaning they] being optically disposed, wanting to see.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὀψείοντες· ὀπτικῶς ἔχοντες, ἰδεῖν βουλόμενοι.

Betacode

*)oyei/ontes: o)ptikw=s e)/xontes, i)dei=n boulo/menoi.

Notes

The headword is present participle (masculine nominative plural) of the desiderative verb o)yei/w. Likewise or similarly glossed in other lexica (references at Photius omicron757 Theodoridis) and in a scholion on Homer, Iliad 14.37, where it occurs (web address 1). See also pi 1881.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

π1881Πολεμησείεινto desire to make war[Meaning] to be in a warlike condition. Thucydides in [book] 1 [uses the verb]. [It is] like the Homeric [expression], "they desiring to see the battle-cry and war." Thus also the Attic-speakers say gamhsei/ein ["to…

Neighbouring entries

ο1072Ὀψαρτυτικήrelish-preparation ο1073Ὀψέlate ο1074Ὀψείοντεςwishing to see ο1075Ὀψ' ἦλθες ἀλλ' ἐς Κολωνὸν ἵεσοyou came late -- but rush into Kolonos ο1076Ὀψιγενήςlate-born

Revision history4 revisions · last 4 Aug 2013

4 Aug 2013Revised — David Whitehead
22 Aug 2012added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
19 May 2010upgraded link — Catharine Roth
16 Jan 2008cosmetics — David Whitehead
16 Jan 2008Translated — Catharine Roth