δοκεύω
εἰπὼν ἃ θέλεις, ἀντάκουε ἃ μὴ θέλεις → if you say what you want, hear in response what you don't want
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.
