καθορ-άω,
Ion. κατ-, impf. καθεώρων X. Cyr. 3.2.10, Ion. 3 sg. κατώρα Hdt. 7.208: pf. καθεώρακα Pl. Lg. 905b: fut. κατόψομαι Hdt. 3.17: 3 sg. pf. κατῶπται Pl. R. 432b: aor. 1 κατώφθην Id. Phlb. 46b: for aor. Act., v. κατεῖδον: -
I
look down, ἐξ Ἴδης καθορῶν Il. 11.337; ἐπί τινος Hdt. 7.44: - Med., ἐπὶ Θρῃκῶν καθορώμενος αἶαν Il. 13.4.
II
1. trans., look down upon, ὅσους θνητοὺς ἠέλιος καθορᾷ Sol. 14, cf. Thgn. 168, 616, X. Cyr. 3.2.10; ὑψόθεν τὸν τῶν κάτω βίον Pl. Sph. 216c, etc.: metaph., φρένα Δίαν κ., ὄψιν ἄβυσσον A. Supp. 1058 (lyr.): - Med., Τροίην κατὰ πᾶσαν ὁρᾶται Il. 24.291.
2. have within view, see distinctly, descry, Hdt. 7.208, 9.59, Ar. Nu. 326, Pl. R. 516a, etc.: - Pass., Th. 3.20, 112, Pl. Phlb. 38d, etc.
3. behold, observe, perceive, Pi. P. 9.49, E. Fr. 910.5 (anap.); καθορᾶν τι ἔν τινι to observe something therein, Pl. Lg. 905b, cf. Grg. 457c; τι ἐν τῇ ζητήσει Id. R. 368e; ἵν’ ἃ πανουργεῖς μὴ καθορᾷ σου that he may not observe thy knavish tricks, Ar. Eq. 803; also κ. τὰς τρίχας εἰ.. to look and see whether.., Hdt. 2.38.
4. explore, τὰ ἄλλα Id. 3.17, cf. 123.
5. regard, reverence, τὸ τοῦ θεοῦ κράτος LXX [3Ma 3:11].
G2529 — καθοράω
καθόρω:
1. to look down, see from above, view from on high (Homer, Herodotus, Xenophon, Plato, others).
2. "to see thoroughly (cf. κατά, III. 1 at the end), perceive clearly, understand" (German erschauen): present passive 3 person singular καθορᾶται, [Rom 1:20] (3Macc. 3:11, and often in classical Greek). Cf. Fritzsche, Ep. ad Romans, i., p. 61.