βλέπω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • γλέπω (glépō) — Doric

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *gʷlépō. Beekes claims it is Pre-Greek.[1] Hamp had suggested Proto-Indo-European *gʷlep- (“to look”).[2] Cognate with βλέφαρον (blépharon, “eyelid”).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

βλέπω • (blépō)

  1. to look at
  2. to see
  3. to be aware of

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: βλέπω (vlépo, “to see”)

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 219
  2. Eric P. Hamp (1994) “Βλέφαϱον”, in Glotta : Zeitschrift für griechische und lateinische Sprache, volume 72, number 1/4, Göttingen, Germany: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (GmbH & Co. KG), →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 15:
    On the lines of my analysis of ὀφθαλμός (Études celtiques 14, 1974, 192) as *okʷstH̥l-mo- or *okʷtsHl-mó- (a deverbal noun < a denominal verb) I would claim it to be more principled to analyze βλέφαρον as derived from βλέπ-ω in the form *gʷlep-H-ro-, just as χεφαλή is *kep-Hₐ-l-. Our lexeme βλέφαρον then implies an old heteroclite *gʷlep-H/n-.

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βλέπω (blépō), from Proto-Hellenic *gʷlépō. The perfective forms (stem δ-/ειδ-) are from the root of Ancient Greek εἶδον (eîdon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvle.po/
  • Hyphenation: βλέ‧πω

Verb

βλέπω • (vlépo) (past είδα, passive βλέπομαι)

  1. (most senses) to see, watch, look at
    Έβλεπα τα βουνά από το αμάξι. ― Évlepa ta vouná apó to amáxi. ― I watched the mountains from the car.
  2. (transitive) to consider, think of, see (give an assessment or opinion)
    Δεν τα βλέπω καλά τα πράγματα. ― Den ta vlépo kalá ta prágmata. ― I don't see things looking that good.
  3. (transitive) to scrutinise, look into (examine in more detail)
    Αυτά θα τα δούμε σε μελλοντική συνεδρίαση. ― Aftá tha ta doúme se mellontikí synedríasi. ― We'll look into those at a later meeting.
  4. (medicine, transitive) to examine (of a doctor)
    Ο γιατρός θα σας δει τώρα. ― O giatrós tha sas dei tóra. ― The doctor will see you now.
  5. (transitive, of inanimate things) to face, overlook (look out onto, as in a view)
    Το μπαλκόνι έβλεπε στον δρόμο. ― To balkóni évlepe ston drómo. ― The balcony looked out on the street.

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • δεν βλέπω πέρα από τη μύτη μου (den vlépo péra apó ti mýti mou, “can't see beyond the end of my nose”)
Stem βλεπ-/ βλεπτ-
  • αγριοβλέπω (agriovlépo, “to look at with a menacing glance”)
  • αλληλοβλέπομαι (allilovlépomai, “see each other”)
  • αναβλέπω (anavlépo, “to see again, to look up”)
  • ανεπίβλεπτος (anepívleptos, “unsupervised”, adjective)
  • αποβλέπω (apovlépo, “to aspire, to aim at”)
  • απρόβλεπτος (apróvleptos, “unforseen”, adjective)
  • διαβλέπω (diavlépo, “to foresee”)
  • επιβλέπω (epivlépo, “to supervise, to oversee”)
  • κακοβλέπω (kakovlépo, “to look at with animosity”)
  • καλοβλέπω (kalovlépo, “to look at with pleasure, delight”)
  • ξαναβλέπω (xanavlépo, “to see again”)
  • παραβλέπω (paravlépo, “to ignore, to overlook”)
  • περίβλεπτος (perívleptos)
  • προβλεπτικός (provleptikós)
  • προβλεπτικότητα f (provleptikótita)
  • προβλέπω (provlépo, “to foresee, to predict”)
  • προσβλέπω (prosvlépo, “to look forward to”)
  • πρωτοβλέπω (protovlépo, “to see first”)
  • συχνοβλέπω (sychnovlépo, “to see often”)
  • υποβλέπω (ypovlépo, “to covet”)
  • χαμηλοβλεπούσα f (chamilovlepoúsa)
Stem βλεφ-
Stem βλεμ-
Stem βλεψ-
  • αβλεψία f (avlepsía, “carelessness”)
  • βλέψη f (vlépsi)
  • επίβλεψη f (epívlepsi)
  • ηδονοβλεψίας m (idonovlepsías, “voyeur”)
  • παράβλεψη f (parávlepsi)
  • πρόβλεψη f (próvlepsi)
  • προβλέψιμος (provlépsimos)
  • προβλεψιμότητα f (provlepsimótita)
From είδα, ιδωμένος
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