# βλέπω
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* γλέπω (glépō) — Doric

### Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *gʷlépō, of unclear further origin. Beekes claims it is Pre-Greek based on the existence of the variant γλέπω (glépō), while Hamp had suggested Proto-Indo-European *gʷlep- (“to look”). Cognate with βλέφαρον (blépharon, “eyelid”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /blé.pɔː/ → /ˈβle.po/ → /ˈvle.po/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /blé.pɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ˈble.po/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ˈβle.po/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ˈvle.po/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /ˈvle.po/

### Verb

βλέπω • (blépō)
* to look at
* to see
* to be aware of

#### Descendants

* Greek: βλέπω (vlépo, “to see”)

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βλέπω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 219-20
* ↑ 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

* “βλέπω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “βλέπω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* βλέπω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* βλέπω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
* “βλέπω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* G991 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

## 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: /ˈvle.po/
* Hyphenation: βλέ‧πω

### Verb

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

#### Synonyms

* (see, look at): κοιτώ (koitó), κοιτάζω (koitázo), αντικρίζω (antikrízo), θωρώ (thoró) (literary)
* (examine): εξετάζω (exetázo)

#### 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”)

#### Related terms

* 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)
* βλεφαρίδα f (vlefarída, “eyelash”)
* βλέφαρο n (vléfaro, “eyelid”)
* αβλέμονας m (avlémonas)
* βλέμμα n (vlémma)
* 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)
* ανίδωτος (anídotos, “invisible, unseen”)