δοκέω
dokeo
expect
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Nicomachean Ethics 259 ▸
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Chapter 13 1144b1–1145a11
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Chapter 12 1152b25–1153a35
Chapter 14 1154a8–1154b34
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Book IX 33 ▸
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Chapter 6 1167a22–1167b16
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Chapter 10 1170b20–1171a20
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Book X 49 ▸
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Politics 107 ▸
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Book III 26 ▸
Chapter 4 1276b16–1277b32
Chapter 11 1281a39–1282b13
Chapter 12 1282b14–1283a22
Chapter 13 1283a23–1284b34
Chapter 14 1284b35–1285b32
Chapter 15 1285b33–1286b40
Chapter 16 1287a1–1287b35
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Chapter 3 1289b27–1290a29
Chapter 4 1290a30–1292a38
Chapter 5 1292a39–1292b21
Chapter 7 1293a35–1293b21
Chapter 8 1293b22–1294a29
Chapter 9 1294a30–1294b41
Chapter 14 1297b35–1299a2
Book V 15 ▸
Chapter 1 1301a19–1302a15
Chapter 4 1303b17–1304b18
Chapter 7 1306b22–1307b25
Chapter 9 1309a33–1310a38
Chapter 10 1310a39–1313a14
Chapter 11 1313a15–1315b10
Book VI 7 ▸
Chapter 1 1316b31–1317a39
Chapter 2 1317a40–1318a10
Book VII 9 ▸
Chapter 4 1325b33–1326b25
Chapter 10 1329a40–1330a33
Chapter 14 1332b12–1334a10
Chapter 15 1334a11–1334b28
Chapter 16 1334b29–1336a2
Book VIII 7 ▸
Chapter 2 1337a33–1337b23
Chapter 5 1339a11–1340b19
Chapter 7 1341b15–1342b34
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Eudemian Ethics 100 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics › Book I 5 ▸
Chapter 5 1215b15–1216b25
Chapter 6 1216b26–1217a17
Book II 23 ▸
Chapter 1 1218b31–1220a37
Chapter 7 1223a21–1223b36
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Chapter 1 1228a23–1230a33
Chapter 5 1232a19–1233a30
Chapter 6 1233a31–1233b15
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Chapter 2 1235b13–1238b14
Chapter 7 1240b38–1241a33
Chapter 10 1242a1–1243b38
Chapter 12 1244b1–1246a25
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Chapter 1 1246a26–1246b36
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Physics 99 ▸
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Book IV 44 ▸
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Metaphysics 93 ▸
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Chapter 5 1001b26–1002b11
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Chapter 8 1012a29–1012b31
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Chapter 3 1014a26–1014b15
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Rhetoric 90 ▸
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Chapter 2 1355b25–1358a35
Chapter 9 1366a23–1368a37
Chapter 10 1368b1–1369b32
Chapter 11 1369b33–1372a3
Chapter 12 1372a4–1373a38
Chapter 13 1373b1–1374b23
Chapter 15 1375a22–1378a15
Book II 41 ▸
Chapter 3 1380a10–1380b34
Chapter 4 1380b35–1382a19
Chapter 5 1382a20–1383b10
Chapter 6 1383b11–1385a15
Chapter 10 1387b22–1388a30
Chapter 13 1389b13–1390a27
Chapter 17 1391a20–1391b6
Chapter 19 1392a8–1393a22
Chapter 21 1394a19–1395b20
Chapter 22 1395b21–1397a6
Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33
Chapter 24 1400b34–1402a28
Chapter 25 1402a29–1403a15
Chapter 26 1403a16–1404a5
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Chapter 7 1408a10–1408b20
Chapter 8 1408b21–1409a21
Chapter 12 1413b3–1414a30
Chapter 14 1414b19–1416a3
Chapter 18 1418b40–1419b9
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History of Animals 89 ▸
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De Anima 53 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 52 ▸
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Meteorology 35 ▸
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Parts of Animals 29 ▸
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On the Heavens 28 ▸
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Generation of Animals 28 ▸
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Categories 27 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 20 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 13 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 13 ▸
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On Dreams 11 ▸
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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 8 ▸
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De Audibilibus 7 ▸
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De Interpretatione 6 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 5 ▸
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Oeconomica 5 ▸
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Physiognomonics 5 ▸
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Poetics 5 ▸
Open Poetics › Chapter 9 1451a36–1452a11
Chapter 13 1452b28–1453a39
Chapter 21 1457a31–1458a17
Chapter 25 1460b6–1461b25
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Progression of Animals 4 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 4 ▸
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Movement of Animals 4 ▸
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De Mundo 3 ▸
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Mechanica 3 ▸
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On Colours 2 ▸
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On Divination in Sleep 2 ▸
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De Lineis Insecabilibus 2 ▸
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On Memory 2 ▸
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On Sleep 2 ▸
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De Virtutibus et Vitiis 1 ▸
Dictionary (LSJ)
δοκέω Il. 7.192, Att. impf. ἐδόκουν, Ep. δοκέεσκον AP 5.298 (Agath.): —Med., δοκέοντο Opp. C. 4.296: part. δοκεύμενος ib.109: the fut. and other tenses are twofold: 1. fut. δόξω and aor. 1 ἔδοξα Pi. N. 4.37, h.Merc. 208, etc.: pf. δέδοχα inferred from plpf. ἐδεδόχεσαν D.C. 44.26:—Pass., aor. ἐδόχθην Plb. 21.10.8, etc., (κατ-) Antipho 2.2.2: pf. δέδογμαι Hdt. 8.100, etc.: plpf. ἐδέδοκτο Id. 9.74. 2. regul. forms (chiefly Trag., Com., and late Prose), fut. δοκήσω A. Pr. 388, Ar. Nu. 562, etc. (once in Hdt., 4.74); Dor. δοκησῶ or -ᾱσῶ Theoc. 1.150: aor. ἐδόκησα, Ep. δόκ- Od. 10.415, Pi. O. 13.56, A. Th. 1041, Ar. Ra. 1485, etc.: pf. δεδόκηκα A. Eu. 309 (lyr.):— Pass., aor. ἐδοκήθην E. Med. 1417 (anap.): pf. δεδόκημαι Pi. N. 5.19, E. Med. 763 (anap.), Ar. V. 726, also in Hdt. 7.16.γʹ; but δεδοκημένος (q. v.) belongs to δέχομαι. I. expect (Iterat. of δέκομαι, cf. δέχομαι II.3): hence, think, suppose, imagine, (opp. φρονέω, S. Aj. 942 (lyr.), Pherecr. 146.4): 1. c. acc. et inf., δοκέω νικησέμεν Ἕκτορα Il. 7.192; οὔ σε δοκέω πείθεσθαι Hdt. 1.8, cf. 11,27, al., Antipho 2.4.5, etc.: rarely with inf. omitted, δοκῶ . . οὐδὲν ῥῆμα . . κακὸν [εἶναι] S. El. 61; τούτους τι δοκεῖτε [εἶναι] X. An. 5.7.26; freq. in relating a dream or vision, τεκεῖν δράκοντʼ ἔδοξεν she thought a serpent produced young, A. Ch. 527; ἐδόκουν αἰετὸν . . φέρειν methought an eagle was carrying, Ar. V. 15; ὁρᾷς γὰρ οὐδὲν ὧν δοκεῖς σάφʼ εἰδέναι E. Or. 259: with inf. only, ἔδοξʼ ἰδεῖν methought I saw, ib.408; ἔδοξʼ ἀκοῦσαι Pl. Prt. 315e; ἔδοξʼ ἐν ὕπνῳ . . οἰκεῖν ἐν Ἄργει E. IT 44 (sts. also, as in signf. II, ἐδοξάτην μοι δύο γυναῖκε . . μολεῖν A. Pers. 181; ἐν τῷ σταδίῳ . . μέ τις ἐδόκει στεφανοῦν Alex. 272.4). b. think to do, purpose, ὅταν δʼ ἀείδειν . . δοκῶ A. Ag. 16. 2. abs., have or form an opinion, περί τινος Hdt. 9.65; mostly in parenthetic phrases, ὡς δοκῶ Pl. Phdr. 264e; δοκῶ alone, Hdt. 9.65, Ar. Pax 47, Pl. Prm. 126b; πῶς δοκεῖς; to call attention to something remarked, τοῦτον, πῶς δοκεῖς; καθύβρισεν E. Hipp. 446, cf. Hec. 1160, Diph. 96, etc.; πόσον δοκεῖς; Ar. Ec. 399. 3. δοκῶ μοι I seem to myself, methinks, c. inf., ἐγώ μοι δοκέω κατανοέειν τοῦτο Hdt. 2.93, etc.; ἡδέως ἄν μοι δοκῶ κοινωνῆσαί τινος X. Cyr. 8.7.25, cf. Oec. 6.11; οὔ μοι δοκῶ I think not . . , Pl. Tht. 158e; δοκῶ μοι parenthetic, Id. Thg. 121d. b. δοκῶ μοι I am determined, resolved, c. inf. pres., Ar. V. 177, etc.: c. inf. fut., Aeschin. 3.53, etc.: c. inf. aor., dub. in Ar. Av. 671, etc.: rarely without μοι, think fit, σὺ δʼ αὐτὸς ἤδη γνῶθι τίνα πέμπειν δοκεῖς A. Th. 650. 4. seem, pretend, c. inf. (with or without neg.), ὁρέων μὲν οὐδέν, δοκέων δὲ [ὁρᾶν] dub. l. in Alcm. 87; οὔτε ἔδοξε μαθέειν Hdt. 1.10; οὐδὲ γιγνώσκειν δοκῶν Pherecr. 163; τὰ μὲν ποιεῖν, τὰ δὲ δοκεῖν Arist. Pol. 1314a39; ἤκουσά του λέγοντος, οὐ δοκῶν κλύειν E. Med. 67; πόσους δοκεῖς . . ὁρῶντας . . μὴ δοκεῖν ὁρᾶν; Id. Hipp. 462, cf. Ar. Eq. 1146, X. HG 4.5.6. 5. Pass., to be considered, δοκεῖσθαι οὕτω Pl. R. 612d; τὰ νῦν δοκούμενα περί τινος the current opinions, ib.490a. 6. Med., Opp. C. 4.296; δοκεύμενος . . ἀλύξειν ib.109. II. of an Object, seem, c. dat. pers. et inf. pres., δοκέεις δέ μοι οὐκ ἀπινύσσειν Od. 5.342; δόκησε δʼ ἄρα σφίσι θυμὸς ὣς ἔμεν ὡς εἰ . . their heart seemed just as if . . , felt as though . . , 10.415: c. inf. fut., seem likely, δοκέει δέ μοι ὧδε λώϊον ἔσσεσθαι Il. 6.338: c. inf. aor. (never in Hom.), τί δʼ ἂν δοκεῖ σοι Πρίαμος (sc. ποιῆσαι); A. Ag. 935; seem or be thought to have done, esp. of suspected persons, Th. 2.21; to be convicted, ἂν ἁλῷ καὶ δοκῇ τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι D. 23.71. 2. abs., seem, as opp. to reality, τὸ δοκεῖν καὶ τὰν ἀλάθειαν βιᾶται Simon. 76; οὐ δοκεῖν ἄριστος ἀλλʼ εἶναι θέλει A. Th. 592, cf. Pl. Grg. 527b; in full, τὸ δοκεῖν εἶναι A. Ag. 788 (anap.). 3. seem good, be resolved on, εἰ δοκεῖ σοι ταῦτα ib.944; τοιαῦτʼ ἔδοξε τῷδε Καδμείων τέλει Id. Th. 1030. 4. freq. impers., δοκεῖ μοι it seems to me, methinks, ὥς μοι δοκεῖ εἶναι ἄριστα Il. 12.215; ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ as I think, A. Th. 369, etc.; τὸ σοὶ δοκοῦν your opinion, Pl. R. 487d: freq. in inf. in parenth. clause, ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκέειν to my thinking, Hdt. 9.113; δοκέειν ἐμοί Id. 1.172; ἀλλʼ, ἐμοὶ δοκεῖν, τάχʼ εἴσει A. Pers. 246, etc.; without μοι, X. An. 4.5.1. b. it seems good to me, it is my pleasure, δοκεῖ ἡμῖν χρῆσθαι Th. 4.118, cf. A. Ag. 1350: freq. of a public resolution, τοῖσι Ἕλλησι δόξαι . . ἀπαιτέειν Hdt. 1.3, etc.; ἔδοξεν Ἀργείοισιν A. Supp. 605, cf. Th. 1010; esp. in decrees and the like, ἔδοξε τῇ βουλῇ, τῷ δήμῳ, Ar. Th. 372, Th. 4.118, cf. IG 1.32, etc.; τὰ δόξαντα S. El. 29, D. 3.14; παρὰ τὸ δοκοῦν ἡμῖν Th. 1.84, etc.:—Pass., δέδοκται Hdt. 4.68; οὕτω δέδοκται; S. Ph. 1277, etc.; εἰ ἐπαινῆσαι δεδόκηται Pi. N. 5.19; δεδόχθω τὸ ἄτοπον τοῦτο Pl. Lg. 799e, etc.; τοῦτʼ ἐστʼ ἐμοὶ δεδογμένον E. Heracl. 1; δεδογμένʼ [ἐστί] . . τήνδε κατθανεῖν S. Ant. 576, cf. OC 1431; τὰ δεδογμένα Hdt. 3.76; δεδόχθαι τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ IG 22.1.12, etc. c. acc. abs., δόξαν when it was decreed or resolved, δόξαν αὐτοῖς ὥστε διαναυμαχεῖν Th. 8.79; δόξαν δέ σφι (sc. λιπέσθαι) Hdt. 2.148; δόξαν ἡμῖν ταῦτα Pl. Prt. 314c, cf. X. An. 4.1.13; ἰδίᾳ δοκῆσάν σοι τόδʼ . . ; E. Supp. 129; also δεδογμένον αὐτοῖς Th. 1.125, etc.; but also δόξαντος τούτου X. HG 1.1.36; δόξαντα ταῦτα καὶ περανθέντα ib.3.2.19. 5. to be reputed, c. inf., Pi. O. 13.56, P. 6.40; ἄξιοι ὑμῖν δοκοῦντες Th. 1.76; δοκοῦντες εἶναί τι men who are held to be something, men of repute, Pl. Grg. 472a; τὸ δοκεῖν τινὲς εἶναι . . προσειληφότες D. 21.213; τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδόκει τις εἶναι περιττός Plu. Arist. 1; οἱ δοκοῦντες Heraclit. 28 (dub.), E. Hec. 295; τὰ δοκοῦντα, opp. τὰ μηδὲν ὄντα, Id. Tr. 613; μετʼ ἀρετῆς δοκούσης ἐς ἀλλήλους γίγνεσθαι Th. 3.10; to be an established, current opinion, Arist. APo. 76b24, al.; τὰ δοκοῦντα Id. Metaph. 1088a16, al.:— Pass., οἱ δεδογμένοι ἀνδροφόνοι those who have been found guilty of homicide, D. 23.28; also αἱ δοκούμεναι Πέρσαις τέχναι Polem. Call. 60. (The two senses of δοκέω are sts. contrasted, τὰ ἀεὶ δοκοῦντα . . τῷ δοκοῦντι εἶναι ἀληθῆ that which seems true is true to him who thinks it, Pl. Tht. 158e; τὸ δοκοῦν ἑκάστῳ τοῦτο καὶ εἶναι τῷ δοκοῦντι ib.162c.)
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