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καταδοκέω

καταδοκέω, to suppose

καταδοκέω, prop.
  • think or suppose a thing to any oneʼs prejudice, c. inf., κ. τινὰ ποιέειν τι suspect one of . ., Hdt. 3.27; σφέας κ. εἶναι κλῶπας Id. 6.16: with inf. understood, Id. 1.22, 3.69: c. dat. pers., τοῖσι κατεδόκεον νεοχμὸν ἄν τι ποιέειν Id. 9.99: c. acc. neut., τάδε καταδόξας . . σφέας ἐθελοκακέειν Id. 8.69:—Pass., to be suspected, ὑφʼ ὑμῶν Antipho 2.2.3: also c. inf., καταδοχθεὶς φονεὺς εἶναι Id. 2.2.2; later in good sense, καταδόξαντα [ὑπέρμεγαν] εἶναι τοῖς τότε ἀνθρώποις who was recognized to be great by his contemporaries, Numen. ap. Eus. PE 14.8.
      • 2 generally, guess, οὐ γὰρ ἄν κοτε κατέδοξα ἔνθεν ἦν should never have guessed whose son he was, Hdt. 1.111.

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