From: Carl W. Conrad (cwconrad@artsci.wustl.edu)
Date: Mon Dec 03 2001 - 08:18:08 EST
At 11:39 PM +1100 12/3/01, Alex / Ali wrote:
>In the thread, Jude 7 APERCOMAI + OPISW, Carl made the following comment
>which I found interesting:
>
>>Just for what it's worth, Clay, I might note that APO- in compounding
>>SOMETIMES has the force not of "away" but rather of "straight at"; thus
>>(in classical Attic, at least) APOBLEPW doesn't mean "look away" but "look
>>directly at" (as if focusing upon something in the distance?). Rather
>>curious.
>
>(The subject of my query is rather different from that being discussed
>between Clay and Carl, so I've changed the subject header .)
>
>Carl, isn't it the case that APOBLEPW in the sense you mention is
>usually/(?always) found in collocation with a preposition, usually EIS?
>That's was my impression, at any rate. So I'd thought of it as looking away
>(APOBLEPEIN) directly at (EIS). However, my impression could be nothing
>more than a fading and faulty memory of my classical Greek studies.
Well, you're right, Alex, to the extent that it is quite often accompanied
by an EIS or ES + acc. adverbial expression, but not quite always; it's
really an interesting verb (perhaps I'm a bit peculiar in finding verbs
"really interesting"--but I do); here's LSJ on it:
apo-blepô , fut. -blepsomai Luc.Somn.12 , etc., but -blepsô HeroSpir.2.34 :
pf.-beblepha Antip.Stoic.3.254 codd. Stob.:--Med., pres., Luc.VH2.47
(v.l.): aor., Sch.Od.12.247:--Pass., Ar.Ec.726:--look away from all other
objects at one, gaze steadfastly, es eme Hdt.7.135 ; ei^s se E.Andr.246 ,
cf. Pl.Chrm.162b, al.; es aktas E.Hipp.1206 ; es mian tuchên Id.Hel. 267 ;
pros to Êraion Hdt.9.61 , cf.Pl.R.431b; pros tiWa Id.Phd.115c , Phdr.234d,
al.
2. pay attention to, regard, es to kakon Ar.Ra. 1171 ; pros ta koina
E.Supp.422 ; eis ta pragmata a. phaulôs echonta D. 2.29 ; eis to kerdos
monon Demetr.Com.Vet.4 ; eis tên misthapodosian Ep.Hebr.11.26 ; epi ti
Pl.Phlb.61d ; katati Luc.DMort.18.1 ; pros ti Pl.R.477c ,al.; eis ta
pragmata kai pros tous logous a. D.3.1 : c. acc., Thphr.Vert.8, Plu.Luc.26,
etc.
3. of places, etc., look, face in a particular direction, pros hodon
D.C.76.11 (of a statue); Rênou prochoas AP9.283 (Crin.); epi tên anatolên
J.AJ11.5.5 .
4. look upon with love, wonder or admiration, look at as a model, c. acc.,
ou chrê . . megan olbon a. S.Fr.593 ; a. tina Luc.Vit.Auct.10 , cf.
D.19.265; proïonta isa theôi apeblepon Philostr.VA5.24 ; more freq. with a
Prep., eis em' Ellas . . a. E.IA1378 ; hê sê patris eis se a. X.HG6.1.8
,cf. Th.3.58; eis tên eusebeian tês theou SIG867.11 (Ephesus); so a. pros
tina E.IT928 , X.Mem.4.2.30, Thphr.Char.2.2; of a vain person, a. eis tên
heantês skian X.Mem.2.1.22 ; of entire dependence, panta a. eis ton erastên
Pl.Phdr.239b ; eis allotrian trapezan X.An. 7.2.33 ; look longingly, es ton
agron Ar.Ach.32 :--Pass., to be looked up to, Id.Ec.726,
Aeschin.Socr.Fr.56D.; hôs eudaimôn a. Luc.Nigr. 13 , cf.Somn.11.
5. es toiond' apoblepsas monon troaion autou stêsomaiwith a single look,
E.Andr.762 .
II. look away, D.Chr.21.13: c.gen., Philostr.Im.1.1; a. ap' amphoterôn face
both ways, dub. in X.HG2.3.31; apo tou sumpherontos Antip.l.c.
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Carl W. Conrad
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