βλέπω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • γλέπω (glépō) Doric

Etymology

Pre-Greek.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

βλέπω (blépō)

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

Inflection

Descendants

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, page 219

Further reading


Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βλέπω (blépō). Forms with a delta as the stem are from the root of Ancient Greek εἶδον (eîdon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvlepo]
  • Hyphenation: βλέ‧πω

Verb

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

  1. (most senses) 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) 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) scrutinise, look into (examine in more detail)
    Αυτά θα τα δούμε σε αργότερη συνεδρίαση.Aftá tha ta doúme se argóteri synedríasi.We'll look into those at a later meeting.
  4. (medicine, transitive) 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) 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

  • αγριοβλέπω (agriovlépo, to look at with a menacing glance)
  • αναβλέπω (anavlépo, to see again, to look up)
  • αποβλέπω (apovlépo, to aspire, to aim at)
  • βλέμμα n (vlémma)
  • βλεφαρίδα f (vlefarída, eyelash)
  • βλέφαρο n (vléfaro, eyelid)
  • 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)
  • κᾰτώβλεπον (kᾰtóvlepon, to look downwards)
  • ξαναβλέπω (xanavlépo, to see again)
  • παραβλέπω (paravlépo, to ignore, to overlook)
  • 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)

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)
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