δοκεύω
ὁ χρόνος ἐστὶ δάνος, τὸ ζῆν πικρός ἐσθ' ὁ δανίσας → time is a loan, and he who lent you life is a hard creditor | time is on loan and life's lender is a prick
English (LSJ)
A keep an eye upon, watch narrowly, ἑλισσόμενόν τε δοκεύει [the hound] watches [the boar] turning to bay, Il.8.340; Θόωνα μεταστρεφθέντα δοκεύσας having watched for his turning round, 13.545; Ἄμφικλον ἐφορμηθέντα δοκεύσας 16.313; τὸνπροὔχοντα δοκεύει watches him that is before [in the race], 23.325; of the Great Bear, ἥ τ' . . Ὠρίωνα δοκεύει watches the hunter Orion, 18.488; λόχμαισι δ. lie in wait for [them] in... Pi.O.10(11).30, cf. AP6.45, Theoc.9.26; νιν . . ὄψεται δοκεύοντα will see him playing the spy, E.Ba.984 (lyr.); ἃ μὴ θέμις οὐκ ἐδόκευσα sought not for, IG14.2068. 2 expect, c. acc., Arat.987, al.: c. gen., ἀνέμοιο γαληναίης τε δ. Id.813. 3 in later Poets, observe, see, Nonn.D.1.530, al., AP5.252 (Iren.), Man.6.142; also, think, Orph.A.891,1083.
German (Pape)
[Seite 652] (mit δέχομαι verwandt), aufpassen, auflauern, Achtung geben, τινά oder τί, auf Jemanden (Etwas), Ap. Lex. Hom. p. 50, 14 δοκεαει· ἐπιτηρεῖ Hom. Iliad. 8, 340. 13, 545. 16, 313. 18, 488. 23, 325 Odyss. 5, 274. – Folgende: λόχμαισι δοκεύσαις ἐδάμασεν αὐτοὺς Ἡρακλῆς Pind. Ol. 11, 30; Eur. Bacch. 982 u. sp. D., wie Theocr. 21, 42 Ap. Rh. 2, 1569, die es auch wie Nonn. und Col. in der Bdtg »meinen«, »betrachten«, »sehen« gebrauchen; vgl. Iul. Aeg. 38 (IX, 763); oft Christod. ecphr.
