προσδοκία

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A looking for, expectation, whether in hope or fear, but more commonly fear,    1 c. gen., μέλλοντος κακοῦ, δεινῶν, Pl.La.198b, Ti.70c; π. τοῦ μέλλοντος Arist.PA669a21; τὸν φόβον ὁρίζονται π. κακοῦ Id.EN1115a9: in good sense, π. ἀγαθῶν ἐμβάλλειν X.Cyr.1.6.19 (pl.); τῆς ἀσφαλείας ἔχειν π. D.18.281; π. μεγάλην ἔχειν ὡς εὖ ἐροῦντος ἐμοῦ Pl.Smp.194a; τὰς τῶν ἔργων προσδοκίας ἀπαιτεῖν τινα, i.e. the fulfilment of the expectations raised, Aeschin.2.178.    2 abs., τῶν ὑποκειμένων π. καὶ τῶν ἐλπίδων D.19.24; αἱ ἔσχαται π. D.S.20.78.    3 folld. by a conjunction, προσδοκία οὐδεμία (sc. ἦν) μὴ ἐπιπλεύσειαν Th.2.93; π. οὔσης μή τι νεωτερίσωσιν Id.5.14; προσδοκίαν παρέχειν ὡς . . Id.7.12; π. ἐμποιεῖν ὡς . . Isoc.8.6.    4 with Preps., πρὸς προσδοκίαν according to expectation, Th.6.63; κατὰ τὴν π. Pl.Sph.264b; opp. παρὰ προσδοκίαν, which is used of a kind of joke freq. in Com., e.g. ἔχειν ὑπὸ ποσσὶ—χίμεθλα (where πέδιλα was expected), Demetr.Eloc.152, Hermog.Meth.34, Tib. Fig.16: generally, τὸ παρὰ π. ἐξαπίναιον Phld.Herc.1251.19.