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δόξα

doxa

expectation

Appears 506 times across Plato's dialogues.

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δόξα, ἡ, (δοκέω, δέκομαι) A. expectation, οὐδʼ ἀπὸ δόξης not otherwise than one expects, Il. 10.324, Od. 11.344; in Prose, παρὰ δόξαν ἢ ὡς κατεδόκεε Hdt. 1.79, etc.; ἐν δόξᾳ θέμενος εὖχος hoping for . . , Pi. O. 10(11).63; δόξαν παρέχειν τινὶ μὴ ποιήσεσθαι . . to make one expect that . . , X. HG 7.5.21; δόξαν παρέχεσθαί τινι ὡς . . , c. part., Pl. Sph. 216d; ἀπὸ τῆς δ. πεσέειν, = Lat. spe excidere, Hdt. 7.203. II. after Hom., notion, opinion, judgement, whether well grounded or not, βροτῶν δόξαι Parm. 1.30, cf. 8.51; ψυχῆς εὐτλήμονι δόξῃ A. Pers. 28 (anap.); ἃ δόξῃ τοπάζω S. Fr. 235; δόξῃ γοῦν ἐμῇ Id. Tr. 718; κατά γε τὴν ἐμήν, with or without δόξαν, Pl. Grg. 472e, Phlb. 41b: opp. ἐπιστήμη, Id. Tht. 187b sq., R. 506c, Hp. Lex 4, Arist. Metaph. 1074b36; φάσεις καὶ δ. Id. EN 1143b13; opp. νόησις, Pl. R. 534a; ἀληθεῖ δόξῃ δοξασταί capable of being subjects of true opinion, Id. Tht. 202b; δ. ἀληθεῖς ἢ ψευδεῖς Id. Phlb. 36c; δόξης ὀρθότης ἀλήθεια Arist. EN 1142b11; δ. ἐμποιεῖν περί τινος Id. Pol. 1314b22; κύριαι δ. philosophical maxims, title of work by Epicurus, Phld. Ir.p.86 W., etc.; αἱ κοιναὶ δ. axioms, Arist. Metaph. 996b28. 2. mere opinion, conjecture, δόξῃ ἐπίστασθαι, ἡγεῖσθαι, imagine, suppose (wrongly), Hdt. 8.132, Th. 5.105; δόξης ἁμαρτία Id. 1.32; δόξαι joined with φαντασίαι, Pl. Tht. 161e, cf. Arist. Ph. 254a29 (but distd. fr. φαντασίαι, Id. de An. 428a20); κατὰ δόξαν, opp. κατʼ οὐσίαν, Pl. R. 534c; ὡς δόξῃ χρώμενοι speaking by guess, Isoc. 8.8, cf. 13.8. 3. fancy, vision, δ. ἀκόνας λιγυρᾶς Pi. O. 6.82; δ. βριζούσης φρενός A. Ag. 275; οὐκ εἰσὶ δόξαι τῶνδε πημάτων Id. Ch. 1053, cf. 1051; of a dream, E. Rh. 780; δ. ἐνυπνίου Philostr. VA 1.23: pl., hallucinations, Alex.Trall. 1.17. III. the opinion which others have of one, estimation, repute, first in Sol. 13.4 ἀνθρώπων δόξαν ἔχειν ἀγαθήν, cf. 34; δ. ἐπʼ ἀμφότερα φέρεσθαι Th. 2.11. 2. mostly, good repute, honour, glory, Alc. Supp. 25.11, A. Eu. 373 (lyr., pl.), Pi. O. 8.64, etc.; δόξαν φύσας Hdt. 5.91; δόξαν σχεῖν τινός for a thing, E. HF 157; ἐπὶ σοφίᾳ δ. εἰληφώς Isoc. 13.2; ἐπὶ καλοκἀγαθίᾳ καὶ σωφροσύνῃ δ. ὁμολογουμένην πεποιημένος Plb. 35.4.8; δόξαν ἀντὶ τοῦ ζῆν ᾑρημένος D. 2.15; δόξαν εἶχον ἄμαχοι εἶναι Pl. Mx. 241b; δ. ἔχειν ὥς εἰσι . . D. 2.17; δ. καταλιπεῖν Id. 3.24: in pl., οἱ ἐν ταῖς μεγίσταις δόξαις ὄντες Isoc. 4.51. 3. rarely of ill repute, [δ.] ἀντὶ καλῆς αἰσχρὰν τῇ πόλει περιάπτειν D. 20.10; λαμβάνειν δ. φαύλην Id. Ep. 3.5; κληρονομήσειν τὴν ἐπʼ ἀσεβείᾳ δ. Plb. 15.22.3. 4. popular repute or estimate, εἰσφέρων οὐκ ἀφʼ ὑπαρχούσης οὐσίας . . ἀλλʼ ἀπὸ τῆς δόξης ὧν ὁ πατήρ μοι κατέλιπεν D. 21.157. IV. of external appearance, glory, splendour, esp. of the Shechinah, LXX Ex. 16.10, al.; δ. τοῦ φωτός Act.Ap. 22.11: generally, magnificence, πλοῦτον καὶ δ. LXX Ge. 31.16, cf. Ev.Matt. 4.8, al.; esp. of celestial beatitude, 2 Ep.Cor. 4.17: pl., 1 Ep.Pet. 1.11; also of illustrious persons, dignities, δόξας οὐ τρέμουσιν 2 Ep.Pet. 2.10; δ. βλασφημεῖν Ep.Jud. 8.
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