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δοκέω

δοκέω, δοκέω, δόξω, ἔδοξα, -, δέδογμαι, -ἐδόχθην, seem, think, it seems best

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δοκοῖσιν present active participle masculine dative plural, present active participle neuter dative plural of δοκέω

δοκοῖσιν feminine dative plural of δοκός

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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 2(2).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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